HIPAA business associate fines putting pressure on healthcare partners
“Regulations set in place by HIPAA certainly hve an impact on partners in healthcare – even those who are just dabbling in the vertical. But when it comes to impacting partners’ wallets, there’s more at risk than just dollars. With fines exetending to channel partners serving healthcare organizations via HIPAA’s business associate agreement (BAA) reaching […]
St. Joseph Health to pay $2 million for HIPAA violations
St. Joseph Health will pay $2,140,500 to settle potential violations of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 Privacy and Security Rules. At issue, according to the Office for Civil Rights, which oversees HIPAA rules, were files containing electronic protected health information that were publicly accessible through internet search engines from 2011 until […]
Patients in limbo as cyber attack shuts three hospitals
Thousands of operations and appointments have been cancelled at an NHS Trust after a cyber attack forced management to shut down the computer systems at three hospitals. Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust said the cancellations continued into a third day on Wednesday after the attack took place on Sunday. The trust typically has […]
16 latest healthcare data breaches, security incidents
“Here are the 16 latest healthcare data breaches or security incidents that occurred or were reported within the past four weeks, beginning with the most recent. Keck Medicine in Los Angeles, part of University of Southern California, reported two servers were hit with ransomware in August, encrypting files and making them inaccessible to employees. The […]
Fears that patients’ personal medical information has been leaked in Medicare data breach
“There are fears patients’ sensitive medical information could have been made public in a Medicare data breach by the health department. Health Minister Sussan Ley insists the data, which was loaded onto the internet, does not identify patients. But Dr Nathan Pinskier, the chair of the RACGP expert committee for e-health, said it was possible […]
Banner Health faces lawsuits after security breach
“Banner Health faces several lawsuits after revealing on Aug. 2 that 3.7 million customers’ medical records were exposed during a sophisticated hack this summer. “The health care industry has been known to have some of the worst cyber security systems of any industry that holds this kind of sensitive information,” said James Bilsborrow, an attorney […]
Retooled Locky Ransomware Pummels Healthcare Sector
“Cybercriminals wielding Locky crypto-locking ransomware are continuing to ramp up their assaults, especially in the healthcare sector, with attackers distributing less banking malware and more ransomware, according to new research. So far this month, several “massive” new phishing campaigns have been launched, targeting victims in multiple industries with Locky ransomware, security researcher Chong Rong Hwa […]
‘Massive’ Locky ransomware campaign targets hospitals
“Hospitals have become a lucrative target for hackers. A ‘massive’ cybercriminal campaign is targeting hospitals with the notorious Locky ransomware and is using a new technique in an effort to infect systems with the file encrypting software. Cybersecurity researchers at FireEye observed a spike in the number of attempts at Locky deliveries during the first […]
Rockland hospital suffers data breach
“A data breach at Good Samaritan Hospital in Suffern has some patients worried their personal information was exposed. Officials say a hospital vendor exposed the names and Social Security numbers of more than a half-million patients on the internet. “It’s very disconcerting because you feel when you are in the hospital you are safe. Your […]
Good Samaritan Hospital In Suffern Suffers Data Breach
“Many of those who have been treated at a Rockland County hospital in recent years are concerned after learning of reports of a data breach at Good Samaritan Hospital, according to News 12. Officials said more than 500,000 patient names and Social Security numbers were exposed during the breach, which was said to be the […]