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). [...]
September healthcare breaches reported to the Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) affected 1,928,433 individuals. The majority of the 33 reported September healthcare [...]
Ransomware healthcare attacks should be a cause for concern for anyone working in healthcare. Ransomware attacks occur when an unauthorized party accesses an organization’s network, encrypting files until a [...]
Harbor Medical Group, a multi-clinic covered entity in Washington State, was the target of a ransomware attack on Saturday, June 15, 2019. Two days later, the [...]
California-based Shingle Springs Health and Wellness Center provides medical, behavioral, dental, and pharmaceutical services. On April 7, 2019, the center discovered that its server had become [...]
Ransomware attacks are cause for concern in the healthcare industry, the wealth of sensitive information, large budgets, and lack of proper safeguards, make the industry the perfect target for [...]
Phishing attacks can be difficult to detect by nature. Attackers disguise themselves as a trusted entity, and send their victims links with malicious content, either through email, text, or [...]
Ransomware attacks are increasingly prevalent in the healthcare community. Ransomware attacks use malicious software to gain access to a computer system, usually disabling the system, until an amount of [...]
Cybersecurity continues to pose a serious issue to players all throughout the healthcare industry. A recent HIPAA ransomware incident targeting Centrelake Medical Group, a network of [...]
Ransomware attacks have become a major security concern for many organizations, especially in healthcare. According to a recent report, ransomware attacks on business targets have increased [...]
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