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The Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) enforces the HIPAA regulations through investigations, civil monetary penalties, and settlements. On April 26, 2021, OCR [...]
We have reached the time of the month where we take a look at the previous month’s healthcare breaches. March saw a whopping 62 healthcare breaches, affecting 2,913,084 [...]
GitHub is an open-source software development hosting website, with millions of developers building and maintaining their software on the platform. In December of 2020, GitHub was notified by security [...]
The former CEO of a Texas hospice service recently pled guilty for his role in defrauding Medicare and Medicaid out of tens of millions of dollars in falsified claims. [...]
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 [...]
Under the HIPAA Privacy Rule, healthcare workers face potential jail time for knowingly obtaining PHI without patient authorization. Recently, a New York cancer center nurse accessed patient records without [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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, [...]
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 [...]
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