Russian-speaking ransomware gang BlackCat is leaking data stolen from a Pennsylvania-based healthcare group, including photos of breast cancer patients. The gang posted screenshots of patient diagnoses of a handful of patients and pictures of breast cancer patients disrobed from the waist up.
Patient safety and care disruption are now directly in the crosshairs of bad actors in cyberspace, leaving many healthcare leaders to wonder whether their organizations are truly prepared when an incident occurs. In response, healthcare leaders must be able to actively measure the progress, maturity, and effectiveness...
As healthcare becomes increasingly interconnected, web tracking is easy to overlook but could introduce additional risks to patient privacy. Learn about the different kinds of patient data and the seven recommendations for reducing risk to patients, beneficiaries and the organization.
The Biden administration's national cybersecurity strategy emphasizes bolstering critical infrastructure sector protections, including setting minimum security requirements and enhancing collaboration. But observers says the industry needs more resources and a better security posture to comply.
When OrthoVA CIO, Terri Ripley, made the decision to send all non-clinical personnel to work from home in the early days of the pandemic, she knew there were risks but prioritized patient, physician, and staff safety first.
Ripley says they weren’t prepared to have the workforce safely access their systems...
A Georgia man who is the chief operating officer of a network security firm can't escape criminal charges related to a 2018 cyberattack against a local medical center. Vikas Singla faces 18 charges of illegal hacking, including 15 charges for disrupting a Lexmark printer network.
Online counseling provider BetterHelp is set to come under two decades of privacy monitoring by the U.S. Federal Trade Commission after settling allegations that it violated users' privacy by sharing identifying information with social media platforms including Facebook.
The Federal Trade Commission is warning Amazon and One Medical to abide by their promises to protect consumers' data privacy. The statement comes in the wake of Amazon's $3.9 billion purchase of the primary healthcare on-site and virtual services provider.
A case before the U.S. Supreme Court may limit federal prosecutors' ability to bring charges of aggravated identity theft. A Texas man convicted of overbilling Medicaid argued Monday he's not also guilty of identity theft since he had a patient's permission to submit the bill.
With the U.S. COVID-19 public health emergency expected to end in May, the government is set to scrutinize telehealth providers for HIPAA violations. That’s why healthcare firms should review their telehealth platforms and vendors, says privacy attorney Adam Greene of Davis Wright Tremaine.
Healthcare last year was the most attacked sector within critical infrastructure, David Scott, deputy assistant director of the FBI Cyber Division, told a Scottish cybersecurity conference. The bureau in 2022 received 870 complaints showing indicators of a critical infrastructure ransomware attack.
Federal authorities are urging the healthcare sector to ratchet up defenses against potential assaults by Russian-linked Clop on the heels of the ransomware-as-a-service group's recent alleged mass attacks exploiting a vulnerability in vendor Fortra's secure file transfer software GoAnyWhere MFT.
Five proposed class action lawsuits have been filed so far in the wake of a California medical group's Feb. 1 report of a ransomware attack last December affecting more than 3.3 million individuals. The incident is the largest health data breach reported to federal regulators so far this year.
Lehigh Valley Health Network, which operates 13 hospitals and numerous physician practices and clinics in eastern Pennsylvania, says it has been hit with an attack by Russian-based ransomware-as-a-service group BlackCat. The network says it didn't pay a ransom and operations were not disrupted.
Two recent separate hacking incidents involving attackers stealing copies of sensitive protected health information have affected more than 1 million patients of a New Jersey healthcare system and an Alabama cardiovascular clinic. Victims get free credit monitoring and identity restoration services.
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