Year: 2022

The Government Accountability Office (GAO) has advised the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to create a feedback system to enhance the efficiency of its data breach reporting procedure. The Health Information Technology for […]

Hearst Health subsidiary, MCG Health based in Seattle, is facing multiple class-action lawsuits due to a data breach that impacted approximately 10 healthcare companies such as Lenoir Health Care, Indiana University Health, Jefferson County Health […]

Acorda Therapeutics Reports Email Account Breach The biotechnology firm Acorda Therapeutics based in Ardsley, NY reported that an unauthorized third party acquired access to its email system and possibly viewed email messages and file attachments […]

University of Pittsburgh Medical Center has made the decision to negotiate a class action data breach lawsuit. It will set aside $450,000 to pay for claims from persons who have had losses because of the […]

PHI of Approximately 69,000 Persons Compromised in Comstar Hacking Incident Comstar based in Rowley, MA provides ambulance invoicing, collection, ePCR Hosting, and client/patient services. It found out that an unauthorized third-party acquired access to selected […]

Recently, Central Florida Inpatient Medicine (CFIM) based in Lake Mary, FL has found that an unauthorized person has accessed the email account of a staff member. The compromised emails and file attachments may contain the […]

A new bill has been launched by Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) that wishes to prohibit data brokers from selling the health and location information of Americans. The bill called The following senators co-sponsored the Health […]

Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center has announced the compromise of the protected health information (PHI) of 1,290,104 patients due to a data breach that occurred at Eye Care Leaders, its electronic medical record provider. […]

Shields Health Care Group is facing a class-action lawsuit over the 2 million-record data breach it recently announced. This is the largest healthcare data breach ever reported for this year. Shields Health Care Group is […]

Yuma Regional Medical Center (YRMC) based in Arizona has stated that it suffered a ransomware attack in April. The threat actors obtained the protected health information (PHI) of around 700,000 current and past patients. Based […]

The 2022 State of Ransomware Report published by cybersecurity firm Sophos revealed that ransomware attacks on healthcare providers increased by 94% year over year. The report based its information on a worldwide survey participated by […]

Atlassian has announced a patch to correct a critical zero-day vulnerability that impacts all supported versions of Confluence Server and Data Center. The vulnerability, which is tracked as CVE-2022-26134 has a maximum CVSS severity score […]

There is a new zero-day vulnerability discovered that impacts a Windows tool like Follina. Although there’s no information if the vulnerability was exploited in the wild, it is possible to exploit it. The recent attention […]

Five vulnerabilities were discovered in the Illumina Local Run Manager (LRM), which is utilized by Illumina Researcher Use Only (ROU) instruments and Illumina In Vitro Diagnostic (IVD) devices. The impacted instruments are employed for clinical […]

The law firm Morgan & Morgan filed a class-action lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts against Injured Workers Pharmacy (IWP) in association with a breach of the personal records of […]

A New York Federal Judge dismissed a class-action lawsuit filed against Alliance HealthCare Services and NorthEast Radiology PC because of a data breach that compromised the protected health information (PHI) of above 1.2 million people […]

BJC HealthCare, a not-for-profit healthcare company located in St. Louis, MO, has begun informing a number of patients that an unauthorized individual accessed some of their protected health information (PHI) that was kept in email […]

A recent study conducted by Source Defense analyzed the risks related to using third- and fourth-party codes on online sites. They found that all modern, active websites had code that can be targeted by attackers […]

Oswego County Opportunities (OCO) in New York has reported that an unknown actor has recently accessed a small number of staff email accounts. OCO discovered the security breach because of notable suspicious email activity and […]

Researchers found out that a misconfigured AWS S3 bucket is exposing information. This cloud storage is owned by Breastcancer.org, a breast cancer support charity located in Ardmore, PA. SafetyDetectives learned that the unsecured AWS bucket […]

After four consecutive months of decreasing figures of data breaches, reported data breaches increased by 30.2%. In April 2022, the Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights (OCR) received 56 data breaches […]

Parker-Hannifin Cyberattack Affects About 120,000 Health Plan Members Parker-Hannifin Corporation based in Cleveland, OH, a company offering motion and control technologies, lately announced that unauthorized people have obtained access to a section of its IT […]

Based on the latest security advisory released by the Five Eyes Cybersecurity agencies in the U.K., U.S., Australia, Canada, and New Zealand, the most frequent attack vectors cyber threat actors use for preliminary access to […]

The medical equipment organization NuLife Med LLC based in Manchester, NH, has just announced that it encountered a cyberattack in March 2022. It discovered suspicious network activity on or approximately March 11, 2022, and took […]

The nonprofit health system Christus Health based in Irving, TX operates over 600 healthcare establishments in Arkansas, Texas, New Mexico, and Louisiana. It has been reported recently that it discovered suspicious activity with its computer […]

Unauthorized persons have acquired access to the computer systems of Eye Care Leaders, which is an electronic health records and patient management software solutions provider for eye care clinics. On or around December 4, 2021, […]

The tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs) employed by ransomware and other cyber attackers are always changing to elude identification and enable the groups to carry out more successful attacks. The Department of Health and Human […]

A new bill was presented to address the issue of cybersecurity of medical devices that will necessitate makers of medical devices to satisfy particular minimum criteria for cybersecurity with regard to the complete lifecycle of […]

Class action lawsuits were lately filed against Oregon Anesthesiology Group and Partnership Health Plan in Northern California because of ransomware attacks that resulted in the theft of sensitive patient/plan member information. Partnership Health Plan of […]

Healthplex Inc., one of the largest dental insurance providers located in New York state, has announced the compromise of an employee’s email account during a phishing attack on November 24, 2021. Upon discovery of the […]

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) released an updated version of the cybersecurity supply chain risk management (C-SCRM) guidance to aid businesses in developing an effective plan for identifying, evaluating, and responding to […]

Making and remembering long, complicated passwords is hard for many individuals, and it is made even more difficult because of the need to make passwords to protect several accounts – A study by NordPass advises […]

May 5, 2022 is World Password Day. This event was established in 2013 and is observed every first Thursday of May with the objective of bettering understanding of the value of using complex and unique […]

The Five Eyes security agencies, a group of intelligence agencies from Canada, Australia, New Zealand, the United States, and the United Kingdom have released a joint advisory regarding the 15 vulnerabilities in software programs and […]

Smile Brands located in Irvine, CA offers support services for dental clinics. It just gave a new report on the number of persons affected by a ransomware attack, which was uncovered on April 24, 2021. […]

The five eyes cybersecurity agencies have lately published a joint security advisory regarding the danger of cyberattacks on critical infrastructure carried out by pro-Russia cybercriminal groups and Russian nation-state threat actors. Intelligence collected by the […]

Georgia Pines CSB and Ballard Health recently reported security breaches that affected the protected health information (PHI) of 28,295 people. Ballad Health Finds Breach Involving Employee Email Account Ballard Health, an integrated community health improvement […]

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has given a TLP: WHITE flash notification regarding the BlackCat ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) operation. BlackCat, also called ALPHAV, which began in November 2021. It was released immediately after the shutdown […]

The HHS’ Office of Information Security Health Sector Cybersecurity Coordination Center (HC3) has released a TLP: White alert concerning the Hive ransomware gang – A specifically hostile cybercriminal operation that has substantially attacked the healthcare […]

For the fourth month now, there has been a drop in the number of reported healthcare data breaches. March 2022 had 43 healthcare data breaches involving 500 and up records reported to the U.S. Department […]

Newman Regional Health (NRH), which manages a 25-bed critical access hospital located in Emporia, KS, has lately begun informing 52,224 individuals that unauthorized persons have acquired access to selected employee email accounts containing protected health […]

Legal action was taken versus the in-home respiratory care company, SuperCare Health, because of a cyberattack and information breach report sent to the Department of Health and Human Services as of March 28, 2022. The […]

Resources for Human Development Breach Impacts 46,673 Persons Resources for Human Development (RHD), a national human services non-profit group based in Philadelphia, PA, has recently reported the theft of a hard drive that contains the […]

There were five zero-day vulnerabilities found in Aethon TUG autonomous mobile robots, which hospitals around the world use for transporting products, medicines, and other medical items. Hospital robots are alluring targets for hackers. When access […]

Due to the latest data breach at Mailchimp, the Department of Health and Human Services’ Health Sector Cybersecurity Coordination Center (HC3) gave an alert regarding the risk of phishing attacks utilizing this email marketing service. […]

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has released new draft guidance to help medical device companies integrate cybersecurity features into their merchandise at the premarket phase, and to make sure safety risks are taken […]

Charleston Area Medical Center Breach Had 54,000 Victims Charleston Area Medical Center (CAMC) located in Charleston, WV, has just announced a phishing attack that allowed unauthorized individuals to get access to the email accounts of […]

SuperCare Health based in Downey, CA, a provider of post-acute, in-home respiratory care in the Western United States, recently began informing 318,379 individuals about the exposure of some of their protected health information (PHI) and […]

Two remote code execution vulnerabilities were discovered in the Spring platform – a well-known application framework utilized by software creators for quickly creating Java apps. Proof-of-concept exploits for the two vulnerabilities can be found in […]

An audit of Health Insurance Exchange of Connecticut, Access Health CT, by the state auditor indicated that Access Health CT experienced 44 data breaches in the period of 3.5 years and did not completely report […]

Partnership Health Plan of California Getting back from Alleged Ransomware Attack The nonprofit managed care health plan based in Fairfield, CA, Partnership Health Plan of California (PHC), experienced a cyberattack that resulted in the shut […]

$7 Billion Lost Every Year Because of Fraud Rep. Ted Archer explained a Congressional Report to the House Ways and Means Committee in March 1996. The report exposed the degree of abuse and fraud in […]

Conti Ransomware Gang Owns Responsibility for CSI Laboratories Cyberattack Cytometry Specialists, Inc. also known as CSI Laboratories in Alpharetta, GA, has lately announced that it encountered a cyberattack that was noticed on February 12, 2022. […]

$50,000 Civil Monetary Penalty Paid by Dental Practice for Social Media HIPAA Violation OCR investigated Dr. U. Phillip Igbinadolor, D.M.D. & Associates, P.A., (UPI), dental practice managing offices in Monroe and Charlotte, NC after a […]

Horizon Actuarial Services and the Clinic of North Texas have just announced breaches of the protected health information (PHI) of patients and plan members. Data Theft and Extortion Incident at Horizon Actuarial Services Horizon Actuarial […]

Two bipartisan senators introduced a new bill that aspires to enhance the cybersecurity of the healthcare and public health (HPH) industry, in consideration of the current White House alert about the growing danger of Russian […]

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) has published its 2021 Internet Crime Report, which shows that critical infrastructure organizations had about 649 ransomware attacks between June 2021 and December 2021. […]

Present Biden has released an alert regarding the growing threat of cyberattacks conducted by Russian state-sponsored hackers due to the economic sanctions enforced on the country as a reply to the attack on Ukraine. President […]

For the 3rd consecutive month, there is a decrease in the number of data breaches submitted to the HHS’ Office for Civil Rights (OCR). February had 46 healthcare data breaches involving 500 and up records […]

A woman was sentenced to 15 months imprisonment for being involved in a plan to defraud patients of a medical clinic based in Metairie, LA. In 2015, three persons were captured in association with the […]

The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) has reported the settlement agreed with the healthcare services company, Comprehensive Health Services (CHS) located in Cape Canaveral, FL to resolve alleged False Claims Act violations. This is the […]

South Denver Cardiology Associates (SDCA) has recently stated that it encountered a cyberattack last January 2022 that resulted in the access and potential theft of files comprising patient information by attackers. Unusual network activity was […]

Logan Health and subsidiary, sister, and related entities are facing legal action because of a data breach that happened in 2021 and impacted 213,543 patients of Logan Health Medical Center. Law firm Heenan & Cook […]

Duncan Regional Hospital Duncan Regional Hospital based in Oklahoma has reported that cybercriminals acquired access to its networks and possibly exfiltrated sensitive data of patient and employees. The hospital detected the breach on January 20, […]

Bible Fellowship Church Homes, Inc. doing business as Fellowship Community based in Whitehall, PA, has just announced a cyberattack it discovered on August 6, 2021. Digital forensics specialists investigated the incident and confirmed that unauthorized […]

Monongalia Health System (Mon Health) based in West Virginia has reported a cyberattack that resulted in the exposure of the patient, worker, and contractor information. This is the second big data breach reported by the […]

The healthcare field has been greatly attacked by ransomware gangs and victims frequently consider paying the ransom as the best solution to make certain a speedy recovery, however, the payment won’t always stop the extortion. […]

The HIPAA violation reporting process is different for different organizations because of differences in policies and procedures, and the process for sending violations reports to HHS´ Office for Civil Rights differs based on the nature […]

Jax Spine & Pain Centers Jax Spine and Pain Centers based in Jacksonville, FL has recently reported that it encountered a ransomware attack that happened on January 24, 2022. The attack was performed on an […]

The Houston Health Department has recently announced the exposure of personal information and COVID-19 test results of 10,291 people online due to a technical issue with its website. The problem enabled around 3,500 portal users […]

Two HIPAA-regulated entities have lately begun sending notifications to individuals whose protected health information (PHI) was possibly compromised in cyberattacks that happened more than a year ago. One entity took 18 months to alert affected […]

Logan Health Medical Center located in Kalispell, MT has lately begun sending notifications to some patients that hackers obtained access to a file server that stored patient data in a highly advanced criminal attack. The […]

The National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence (NCCoE) has released the NIST guidance final version on Securing Telehealth Remote Patient Monitoring Ecosystem (SP 1800-30). Healthcare delivery companies have been using more telehealth and remote patient monitoring […]

Sea Mar Community Health Centers located in Seattle, WA is confronted with a class-action lawsuit because of a cyberattack that led to the exposure of the protected health information (PHI) of 688,000 persons. The breach […]

The U.S. District Court for the Western District of New York has suggested the dismissal of a class action data breach suit against Practicefirst Medical Management Solutions regarding a ransomware attack in 2020. Medical management […]

Healthcare privacy regulations in the United States must be updated to bring them into the current age to make sure individually identifiable health information is secured regardless of how it is gathered and shared. The […]

Morley Companies based in Saignaw, MI has lately reported that it encountered a cyberattack that began on August 1, 2021, resulting in the inability to access data from its data systems. The business services provider […]

CaptureRx has offered to pay $4.75 million to resolve claims associated with a 2021 data breach that impacted roughly 2.4 million patients of its healthcare company customers. CaptureRx is a medical care administrative service company […]

Cross Timbers Health Clinics located in Brownwood, Texas, doing business with the brand AccelHealth, encountered a ransomware attack last December 15, 2021, which kept the Federally Qualified Health Center from obtaining access to a number […]

The Rhode Island Attorney General is conducting an investigation involving the Rhode Island Public Transit Authority (RIPTA) and UnitedHealthcare because of a cyberattack and security breach that allowed hackers to access RIPTA’s system that held […]

The HHS’ Health Sector Cybersecurity Coordination Center (HC3) has published a report giving information about the Conti ransomware attack on the Health Service Executive (HSE) in Ireland last May 2021, as well as guidance for […]

Suncoast Skin Solutions, a network composed of 22 surgical, medical, and cosmetic dermatological care clinics based in Florida, recently began sending notifications to 57,730 patients regarding a ransomware attack it discovered on July 14, 2021. […]

Ransomware gangs are increasingly taking advantage of unpatched vulnerabilities in software applications and operating systems to acquire access to company networks, and they are adopting zero-day vulnerabilities quickly. Unpatched vulnerabilities are currently the major attack […]

In September 2021, the Department of Health and Human Services’ Health Sector Cybersecurity Coordination Center (HC3) released a notification warning the health industry concerning a higher threat associated with BlackMatter ransomware attacks. A couple of […]

The HIPAA Breach Notification Rule requires the sending of data breach notification to the Secretary of the HHS “without unnecessary delay” and not later than 60 days after the discovery date of a data breach. […]

Advocates Inc based in Massachusetts., a nonprofit provider of support services for persons suffering from life challenges like autism, addiction, brain injury, intellectual disabilities, mental health, and behavioral health, has announced it recently encountered a […]

A wrong configuration of an internal website portal used by a Florida county drug screening laboratory exposed sensitive data on the internet for over four years. St. Lucie County’s drug screening lab (SLC Lab) offers […]

New York Attorney General Letitia James announced the first settlement deal of 2022 over a healthcare data breach. The vision benefits provider based in Ohio, Med Vision Care, is going to pay $600,000 as a […]

A current study by Cynerio, a healthcare IoT security platform provider, has uncovered that 53% of connected medical devices and other healthcare IoT devices have no less than one unaddressed critical vulnerability that can possibly […]

The DHS’ Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has published an alert to all companies in America to take prompt action to get ready for attempted cyberattacks using a new wiper malware employed in targeted […]

An $18.4 million settlement has been reached to resolve a class-action lawsuit filed against Mass General Brigham in relation to the usage of site analytics tools, cookies, pixels, and related technologies on a number of […]

In December 2021, there were 56 data breaches involving 500 and up healthcare records reported to the HHS’ Office for Civil Rights (OCR), which showed a 17.64% drop compared to the past month. In 2021, […]

Jefferson Surgical Clinic based in Roanoke, VA has started alerting patients concerning the potential compromise of some of their protected health information (PHI) due to a cyberattack that was uncovered on June 5, 2021. Based […]

The tech firm Accellion in Palo Alto, CA made a proposal for an $8.1 million settlement to take care of a class action data breach suit that was filed on behalf of affected individuals of […]

The digital pharmacy and health app developer Ravkoo based in Auburndale, FL has started sending notification letters to a number of patients regarding an unauthorized individual who viewed and potentially stole some of their sensitive […]

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), the National Security Agency (NSA), and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) have given a joint alert to caution about the danger of Russian cyberattacks on critical infrastructures, […]

In 2019, it was scary to have over 1 healthcare data breach report daily. In 2021, certain months had over two healthcare data breaches per day. With data breaches occurring so often and ransomware attacks […]

Anthem Inc. has notified 2,003 members that an unauthorized individual potentially viewed or obtained some of their protected health information (PHI) after gaining access to the network of one of its business associates. Anthem works […]

A specialty pharmacy based in Florida is dealing with a class-action lawsuit concerning an October 2021 cyberattack that resulted in the stealing of the personally identifiable information (PII) and protected health information (PHI) of around […]