A group of 30 senators is urging the Department of Health and Human Services to update the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) to better protect the privacy of patients’ reproductive health information in the wake of the Supreme Court decision on Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization and the overturning of Roe Vs… Read More »
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has Issued a TLP:WHITE Private Industry Notification warning about ongoing cybercriminal campaigns targeting healthcare payment processors that attempt to redirect victim payments to accounts under the control of the attackers. These attacks use social engineering techniques to obtain the login credentials of healthcare payment processors to allow them to… Read More »
Ambry Genetics has agreed to settle a class action lawsuit that stemmed from a breach of the protected health information of 232,772 patients. In April 2020, Ambry Genetics notified patients that some of their protected health information was stored in an email account that was accessed by an unauthorized individual over a two-day period in January… Read More »
U.S Department of Health and Human Services Director Xavier Becerra has formally sworn in Melanie Fontes Rainer as the new Director of the HHS’ Office for Civil Rights (OCR). Fontes Rainer will lead the department’s enforcement of federal civil rights and HIPAA compliance and will direct the department’s policy and strategic initiatives. Fontes Rainer previously… Read More »
Medical Associates of the Lehigh Valley in Pennsylvania (MATLV) has announced that it recently fell victim to a sophisticated ransomware attack on its network. The attack was detected on July 3, 2022, and immediate action was taken to contain the attack and prevent further unauthorized access to its network. Third-party forensics specialists were engaged to… Read More »
Over the Labor Day weekend, Oakbend Medical Center in Richmond, TX, suffered a ransomware attack. The attack started on Thursday, September 1, 2022, and saw files on its network encrypted. The medical center said its IT team took all systems offline to contain the attack, and the medical center operated under lockdown procedures while the… Read More »
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has issued a private industry notification warning about the rising number of vulnerabilities in medical devices. If medical devices are not promptly patched and are running out of date software, malicious actors could exploit vulnerabilities and gain access to sensitive patient data or the networks to which the devices… Read More »
Emerging technologies have the potential to revolutionize the healthcare industry. While there are many potential benefits, these technologies can introduce risks that could threaten patient privacy and safety. If vulnerabilities are not properly addressed, they could be exploited by malicious actors to gain access to sensitive patient data or internal networks, which could threaten patient… Read More »
Birmingham, AL-based Henderson & Walton Women’s Center (HWWC) has recently notified 34,306 patients that some of their protected health information may have been compromised as a result of a hacker gaining access to the email account of one of its employees. HWWC said the forensic investigation of the data breach confirmed the attacker did not… Read More »
Birmingham, AL-based Henderson & Walton Women’s Center (HWWC) has recently notified 34,306 patients that some of their protected health information may have been compromised as a result of a hacker gaining access to the email account of one of its employees. HWWC said the forensic investigation of the data breach confirmed the attacker did not… Read More »