$65,000 Right of Access Violation Settlement
The Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) Office for Civil Rights recently announced its seventeenth settlement of an enforcement action under its HIPAA Right of Access Initiative. The [...]
2021 February Healthcare Breaches Affected 1.2 Million Patients
The Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) publicly posts breaches affecting 500 or more patients to its breach portal. There were 45 incidents [...]
150,000 Security Cameras Accessed in Verkada Breach
A hacktivist group gained access to Verkada’s network, exposing vulnerabilities in their security practices. More details regarding the Verkada breach are discussed. Verkada Breach Exposes Video Surveillance of Healthcare [...]
AMCA Settles 2019 PHI Breach With 41 State Attorneys General
In 2019, the American Medical Collection Agency discovered that it was the victim of a data breach. Not just any data breach, though; the breach was the largest healthcare [...]
Healthcare Ransomware Attack Affects 200K
Woodcreek Provider Services suffered a healthcare ransomware cyber attack affecting 200,000 patients. More details are discussed. Woodcreek Provider Services Healthcare Ransomware Attack Netgain Technology, [...]
100K Patients Affected by Arizona Eyecare Breach
A ransomware attack occurring on January 13 affected up to 100,000 eyecare patients. The Arizona eyecare breach targeted Cochise Eye and Laser, maliciously encrypting their patients’ files. More details [...]
Email Breaches Cause Unauthorized Access to PHI
There have been several healthcare email data breaches reported as of late. These breaches varied in the number of patients affected, however, all of them involved the unauthorized access [...]
Insider Healthcare Breach Compromises Patient Privacy
Petersburg Medical Center announced in a press release that an employee of the organization violated the hospital’s code of conduct and HIPAA patient privacy by accessing patient medical records [...]
SolarWinds Hack Blamed on Intern Mistakes
As an organization that specializes in cybersecurity, SolarWinds did a particularly poor job of protecting their file server. This is evident by the fact that not only did they [...]
Healthcare Phishing Attacks Plague the Industry
Phishing attacks have long since plagued the healthcare industry, however, as of late, they have rapidly grown in both frequency and scope. Recent healthcare phishing attacks are discussed below. [...]
