OSHA Emergency Temporary Standard (ETS) Deadline Looms
The U.S. Supreme Court issued a stay of the OSHA Emergency Temporary Standard on January 13, 2022. The ruling effectively blocks federal enforcement of the OSHA ETS. The order [...]
2.38 Million Patients Affected by December 2021 Healthcare Breaches
The holiday season is generally slow for most businesses, but that’s not the case for the hacking industry. Hackers unusually ramp up their efforts during the holidays as more [...]
535,489 Patients’ Data Compromised in Texas ENT Breach
A hacker extracted the protected health information (PHI) of 535,489 patients from Texas ENT Specialists in August 2021. Although the Texas ENT breach occurred in August, it was not [...]
Quest Diagnostics Subsidiary Hit with Data Breach Lawsuit
Quest Diagnostics subsidiary, ReproSource Fertility Diagnostics has been sued by a patient over alleged security deficiencies. The Quest data breach lawsuit was filed one month after the [...]
Log4j Hacks Threaten Medical Device Security
A cybersecurity flaw responsible for widespread disruptions of applications and web services has the potential to adversely affect medical device security around the world. How the Log4j Hacks Threaten [...]
HIPAA 2022 Predictions: Deja Vu and New
What will HIPAA 2022 bring? Picture the end of 2020. A raging COVID pandemic, for which vaccinations had only started. An outgoing Presidential administration giving the reins [...]
2021 Cost of Healthcare Data Breach Average Balloons to $9.3 Million
The 2021 cost of healthcare data breaches soared to an average of $9.3 million per occurrence, according to a report released by IBM Security – a 29.5 percent increase [...]
Canada Nabs Suspect in Alaska HIPAA Breach
Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) in Canada have arrested a man believed to be responsible for an Alaska HIPAA breach in April 2018 that resulted in the possible exposure of [...]
Rash of EHR Security Breaches Plague Hospitals
As the year rolls on, cybercriminals continue to pillage data from hospitals and practices through their EHR platforms. In one such EHR security breach, Southern Ohio Medical [...]
Hackensack Cancer Center Settles HIPAA Violations With New Jersey Attorney General
In December of 2021, the New Jersey Attorney General’s Division of Consumer Affairs, Office of Consumer Protection, settled a HIPAA enforcement action that it brought against Regional Cancer Care [...]
