VA PHI Left Exposed
According to the findings of a recent Department of Veterans’ Affairs (VA) Office of Inspector General (OIG) audit, Internal VA communications, disability claims, and protected health [...]
Is Mailing Breach Notification Letters to Wrong Patient a Breach?
Alive Hospice, based in Tennessee, experienced a healthcare breach due to phishing emails. A phishing email occurs when a hacker disguises themselves as a trusted user, prompting recipients to [...]
68,000 Patients Affected by Indiana Healthcare Breach
Methodist Hospitals based in Indiana experienced a phishing attack that affected 68,039. Phishing attacks occur when hackers send an email disguising themselves as trusted entities, often prompting recipients to [...]
Beazley Breach Insights Report Notes Increased OCR Enforcement Activity
An August, 2019 report from the Beazley Group, a well-known Lloyd’s of London Risk Underwriter Participant, should put to rest the belief that Office for Civil [...]
Patient Data Exposed in Philadelphia Department of Public Health Breach
Patient protected health information (PHI) is extremely sensitive, especially diagnostic information. On Friday, Philadelphia Department of Public Health was informed that the PHI of individuals diagnosed [...]
HIPAA Cybersecurity – Zero Day Exploits
Covered entities (health plans, healthcare clearinghouses, and healthcare providers who electronically transmit any health information in connection with a HIPAA related transaction) and business associates must comply with the [...]
What is the Emotet Trojan?
What is the Emotet Trojan? The Emotet Trojan is malware that first emerged about five years ago, as a banking trojan. Since that time, the trojan [...]
Phishing Attack on NCH Healthcare Leaves 73 Email Accounts Compromised
Florida-based NCH Healthcare System recently fell victim to an email phishing attack, which allowed an unauthorized individual to gain access to certain NCH employee email accounts. NCH has [...]
Ransomware Attack Shuts Down Healthcare Provider
Recently, healthcare provider Wood Ranch Medical’s computer system was breached by a ransomware attack. The ransomware attack resulted in the encryption of approximately 6,000 patients’ protected health information (PHI). [...]
How to Limit the Cost of Data Breaches
Ponemon Institute conducted their “Cost of a Data Breach Report” in conjunction with IBM Security, in which they surveyed more than 500 organizations. The report cited that the average [...]
