UKG Ransomware Attack Hits Healthcare Businesses Worldwide
Healthcare providers including NYU Langone University Hospital Long Island in New York and others around the world are reeling today in the wake of a reported ransomware [...]
Planned Parenthood Class Action Lawsuit Filed Following Data Breach
Planned Parenthood Los Angeles faces a class-action lawsuit in the wake of an October cyberattack that potentially exposed the protected health information (PHI) of 409,759 patients. The [...]
2.2 Million Patients Affected by 2021 November Healthcare Breaches
Each month, we publish our monthly breach report in which we examine the previous month’s breaches, and determine the leading cause behind them. In November 2021, there were 64 [...]
10 Largest 2021 Healthcare Breaches (so far)
It has been a tough year for cybersecurity professionals as hacking groups and ransomware criminals have exposed the records of more than 40 million Americans during an [...]
OCR Settles 5 HIPAA Right of Access Complaints
On November 30, 2021, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) announced the resolution of five HIPAA right of access investigations. OCR settled [...]
Healthcare Ransomware Attack Affects 1.5 Million
An Indiana hospital recently announced that it suffered a healthcare ransomware attack that potentially affected 1.5 million patients. Eskenazi Health began notifying affected individuals on Nov 11, 2021 of [...]
$130K State HIPAA Settlement Announced
Two printing companies settled with New Jersey over an incident that exposed protected medical and client information. Under the state HIPAA settlement, Command Marketing Innovations, LLC (CMI) [...]
2.8 Million Patients Affected by 2021 October Healthcare Breaches
October was Cybersecurity Awareness Month, but that didn’t stop healthcare breaches from surging with 2,817,162 patients affected by breaches last month. The vast majority of 2021 October healthcare breaches [...]
Cyber Threats in Healthcare and FIN12 Ransomware
Cyber threats in healthcare are constantly evolving and becoming more complex. A recent report released by Mandiant Intelligence uncovered the very real threat FIN12 ransomware poses to [...]
Healthcare Cyber Attacks on the Rise
Several major health systems have reported an onslaught of phishing, spoofing, and ransomware incidents. While these healthcare cyber attacks use different tactics, they all have the same end goal [...]
