HIPAA Journal

AUGUST 17, 2022

According to the breach notification sent to the California Attorney General, Practice Resources was the victim of a ransomware attack on April 12, 2022. Community Memorial Hospital, Inc. Crouse Health Hospital, Inc. Soldiers & Sailors Memorial Hospital—Physician Practices. Achieve Physical Therapy, PC.

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HIPAA Journal

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

Teijin Automotive Technologies Says Welfare Plan Data Compromised in December Ransomware Attack Teijin Automotive Technologies has recently confirmed the protected health information of 25,464 members of its welfare plan has potentially been accessed and stolen in a December 1, 2022, ransomware attack.

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HIPAA Journal

AUGUST 8, 2023

The LockBit ransomware group has added Varian Medical Systems to its data leak site and has threatened to publish the data of cancer patients if the ransom is not paid. The post LockBit Ransomware Group Threatens to Publish Stolen Cancer Patient Data appeared first on HIPAA Journal.

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HIPAA Journal

MARCH 10, 2022

A round-up of 6 cyberattacks that have recently been reported by healthcare providers and business associates that resulted in the exposure and possible theft of patients’ protected health information. Duncan Regional Hospital. The files exfiltrated from its systems included the protected health information of patients.

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HIPAA Journal

MARCH 29, 2023

Atlantic General Hospital – Ransomware Attack Atlantic General Hospital (AGH) in Berlin, MD, has recently reported a ransomware attack to the Maine Attorney General that has affected up to 30,704 individuals. OU Health – Stolen Laptop Computer OU Medicine Inc.

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HIPAA Journal

JUNE 1, 2023

Mountain View Hospital, Idaho Falls Community Hospital, and several clinics in rural Idaho run by the same operator have been affected by a recent cyberattack. The cyberattack was detected on Memorial Day, and ambulances were diverted to other hospitals as a precaution.

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HIPAA Journal

MARCH 28, 2024

Cyberattacks have been reported by Pembina County Memorial Hospital, Pomona Valley Hospital Medical Center, and Rancho Family Medical Group. The forensic investigation and document review took almost a year, with the hospital stating in its breach notice that those processes were not completed until March 4, 2024.

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HIPAA Journal

MARCH 31, 2023

New York Presbyterian Hospital has reported a 54K-record data breach due to website tracking tools, ransomware attacks have been reported by Atlantic Dialysis Management Services and American Pain & Wellness, and there has been an impermissible disclosure of PHI by a former New Medical Health Care employee.

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HIPAA Journal

APRIL 10, 2023

CommonSpirit Health has issued an update about its October 2022 ransomware attack and has confirmed that patients from 164 facilities were affected by the attack and had their sensitive data exposed or stolen. Given the number of hospitals now known to have been affected, that total is likely to increase by a substantial amount.

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HIT Consultant

AUGUST 31, 2021

There’s no sugarcoating it: healthcare has a serious ransomware problem. In fact, the first-ever such attack targeted the industry in 1989 when 20,000 floppy disks infected with ransomware were given to those who attended the World Health Organization’s AIDS Conference. And it’s not a new problem for this sector.

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HIPAA Journal

DECEMBER 13, 2022

Two healthcare organizations in Massachusetts have chosen to settle class action lawsuits that were filed by patients whose protected health information was stolen in cyberattacks. Sturdy Memorial Hospital. The hospital chose to pay the ransom. Sturdy Memorial Hospital Inc. The lawsuit – Shedd, et al.

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HIPAA Journal

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

Salud Family Health Provides Update on September 2022 Ransomware Attack. Colorado-based Salud Family Health, a Federal Qualified Health Center (FQHC), has recently provided an update on a September 2022 cyberattack and has confirmed that patient data was potentially stolen. The electronic record system was unaffected.

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HIPAA Journal

JULY 20, 2023

Tampa General Hospital has recently confirmed that hackers gained access to its network and stole files containing the protected health information of up to 1.2 Tampa General Hospital confirmed that the hackers did not gain access to its electronic medical record system. million patients.

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HIPAA Journal

AUGUST 25, 2022

Methodist McKinny Hospital in Texas has recently announced that its systems have been accessed by unauthorized individuals who removed files containing sensitive data from its systems. The breach is known to have affected patients of Methodist McKinney Hospital, Methodist Allen Surgical Center, and Methodist Craig Ranch Surgical Center.

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Hospitals Ransomware HIPAA Health Insurance 84

Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 12, 2024

In an era where the HHS itself notes a 93% increase in large healthcare data breaches from 2018 to 2022, as well as a 278% increase in those that involve ransomware, suggesting “voluntary cybersecurity goals” is akin to applying a band-aid on a hemorrhage.

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HIPAA Journal

MAY 30, 2023

Morris Hospital & Healthcare Centers Investigating Royal Ransomware Attack Morris Hospital & Healthcare Centers in Illinois has launched an investigation into a cyberattack that the Royal ransomware group has claimed responsibility for. Norton did not state whether ransomware was used in the attack.

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HIT Consultant

MAY 10, 2023

State of the Industry The healthcare industry is a particularly attractive target for ransomware for two main reasons. hospitals reached above one trillion dollars in 2022, indicating that on any given day, a massive amount of money is flowing in and out of hospitals nationwide. Total expenses for U.S.

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HIPAA Journal

JULY 28, 2023

Senator Rick Scott (R-FL) has written to FBI Director Christopher Wray requesting the law enforcement agency prioritize the investigation of a major cyberattack on Tampa General Hospital (TGH) that involved the medical records of more than 1.2 million people and bring the perpetrators behind the cyberattack to justice.

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HIPAA Journal

JUNE 8, 2023

a provider of itemization and accident recovery solutions to hospital systems, experienced a security incident that exposed the data of 14,453 Cleveland Clinic patients. Mission Community Hospital Investigating Cyberattack Mission Community Hospital in California is investigating a cyberattack that occurred on April 29, 2023.

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Healthcare IT Today

MARCH 23, 2023

While there are many tools and best practices to protect against ransomware, such as ensuring backups are segregated from production, proper incident response, file integrity monitoring, etc., An employee clicked on a seemingly innocent email which then deposited malware on their hospital laptop. How did it start?

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HIPAA Journal

OCTOBER 14, 2022

Large health systems store millions of patient records and even relatively small healthcare providers may store the records of hundreds of thousands of patients. Stolen data can be used to develop convincing spear phishing, smishing, and vishing campaigns, where the attacker impersonates a hospital or health insurer.

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HIPAA Journal

OCTOBER 7, 2022

doing business as CSI Laboratories in Alpharetta, GA, has recently announced that the email account of an employee has been accessed by an unauthorized individual, who may have viewed or obtained the protected health information of 244,850 patients. Trillium Health Email Account Breach Exposes PHI of 3,200 Patients.

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HIPAA Journal

DECEMBER 23, 2022

million patients and health plan members. OneTouch Point – Ransomware Attack Involving 4.11 Hackers had gained access to its network and used ransomware to encrypt files, with that information also potentially stolen in the attack. Professional Finance Company – Ransomware Attack Involving 1.92 Million Records.

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Compliancy Group

MARCH 23, 2023

After Lehigh Valley Health Network (LVHN) refused to pay the ransomware gang, BlackCat began leaking patient info, including photos of the two cancer patients. In a lawsuit filed on March 13, 2023, one of the patients using the pseudonym “Jane Doe” to protect her identity, detailed how she discovered the breach.

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HIPAA Journal

JANUARY 24, 2023

Multiple studies have identified an increase in mortality rates at hospitals following ransomware attacks and other major cyber incidents. million members and cost the health insurer around $230 million in clean-up costs, $115 million to settle the lawsuits, $39.5 Scripps Health suffered a data breach of 1.2

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HIPAA Journal

APRIL 6, 2023

55% of the targets were healthcare systems with at least one hospital and lone hospitals with Level I trauma centers. 31% of the attacks were on pharmaceutical and life sciences firms, 26% on hospitals, 16% on health insurance providers, and 16% on health services and care.

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HIPAA Journal

AUGUST 23, 2023

Singing River Health System in Mississippi, which operates Pascagoula Hospital, Ocean Springs Hospital, and Gulfport Hospital, detected unusual activity within its IT systems last week and is investigating a potential cyberattack. Radiology services at its clinics have been halted, although will continue at its hospitals.

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Health Law RX

DECEMBER 21, 2023

Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) is signaling that it is cracking down on healthcare organizations that fail to identify and address cybersecurity vulnerabilities as required by the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA Rules).

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HIPAA Journal

MARCH 24, 2022

The breach notice uploaded to Chelan Douglas Health District website does not disclose when the breach was detected but says a third-party cybersecurity company was engaged to investigate the cyberattack and confirmed that its network was accessed by unauthorized individuals between July 2 and July 4, 2021.

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HIT Consultant

AUGUST 13, 2023

The size and complexity of cybersecurity attacks today is forcing healthcare providers to outsource these responsibilities to IT professionals who can maintain a robust defense to ensure the privacy of patient records and compliance with regulatory standards like the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA).

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HIPAA Journal

AUGUST 31, 2022

This method of attack is becoming more common, where data is stolen, deleted, and then threats are issued to publish or sell the data if payment is not made to the attackers, but files are not encrypted using ransomware. Northeast Rehabilitation Hospital Network Notifies Patients About 2021 Cyberattack.

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HIT Consultant

DECEMBER 21, 2022

It has repercussions on patients, doctors, hospitals, and everything associated with the healthcare ecosystem. The key challenges faced by the industry include Data Breaches, Ransomware, Extensive use of Mobile Applications without proper ways to perform Authentication and Authorization and Lack of Healthcare Data Interoperability.

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HIT Consultant

APRIL 12, 2023

At any given moment, healthcare facilities, hospitals and more rely on data to operate more efficiently, drive forward patient care and further develop medical research. medical records, patient forms, health insurance claims, provider and patient communication records, etc.), they can become prime targets for hackers.

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HIPAA Journal

AUGUST 10, 2023

Brigham and Women’s Hospital Exposed Patient Data Over the Internet Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston, MA, has alerted 987 patients about the impermissible disclosure of some of their protected health information. Kye and Keith are entitled to request a hearing.

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Compliancy Group

JULY 20, 2023

Tampa General Hospital’s recent revelation is nothing short of a modern-day heist, as cunning hackers managed to infiltrate their network and make off with the valuable treasure trove that is the protected health information of approximately 1.2 It appears this was no ordinary plundering but rather an attempted ransomware attack.

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HIPAA Journal

DECEMBER 12, 2022

Data breaches have recently been reported by Acuity Brands in Georgia, San Gorgonio Memorial Hospital in California, and Receivables Performance Management in Washington. San Gorgonio Memorial Hospital. San Gorgonio Memorial Hospital said additional safeguards have been implemented to prevent further data breaches.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 2, 2023

In 2023, we expect healthcare cyberattacks to not only spill over to medical devices – as was the case for several ransomware incidents in the past few years – but even start to target them directly, though this would require attacker motivation to purposefully target devices that could directly harm people.

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