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 »
Researchers at Rapid 7 have identified four vulnerabilities in Baxter and Sigma Spectrum infusion pumps, which are used to deliver medications and nutrition to patients. The devices are TCP/IP enabled and are usually connected to healthcare networks. Successful exploitation of the vulnerabilities could allow malicious actors to make system configuration changes and access sensitive patient… Read More »
The Michigan law firm, Warner Norcross and Judd LLP, has issued notification letters to 255,160 individuals advising them about an October 2021 security breach in which files containing their personal and protected health information were potentially accessed and exfiltrated from its systems. The breach was detected on October 22, 2021. The substitute breach notification does… Read More »
The Michigan law firm, Warner Norcross and Judd LLP, has issued notification letters to 255,160 individuals advising them about an October 2021 security breach in which files containing their personal and protected health information were potentially accessed and exfiltrated from its systems. The breach was detected on October 22, 2021. The substitute breach notification does… Read More »
The Urology Center of Colorado has agreed to settle a class action lawsuit that was filed in response to a 137,820-record data breach that occurred in September 2021. On November 5, 2021, the urology practice sent notification letters to its patients advising them that some of their protected health information was potentially compromised two months… Read More »
A recent study has revealed that more than 20% of healthcare organizations experienced an increase in mortality rate after a significant cyberattack and more than half of surveyed healthcare organizations (57%) said they experienced poorer patient outcomes, with almost half reporting an increase in medical complications. The most common consequences of the attacks that contributed… Read More »
The open source password manager provider, Bitwarden, has raised $100 million in funding which will be used to provide greater support for its user community and accelerate product development to help the firm achieve its long-term goals more rapidly. This is the first funding round to be publicly disclosed by the company. The funding round… Read More »
RabbitSign, a Palo Alto, CA-based provider of a free-to-use, unlimited e-signing solution, has been assessed by Compliancy Group’s HIPAA compliance experts who determined the solution is compliant with the HIPAA Rules. RabbitSign was devised and developed during the COVID-19 pandemic as a zero-cost e-signing solution for businesses, non-profits, and government entities, with the company providing… Read More »
The Morristown, VT-based healthcare provider, Lamoille Health Partners, is facing a class action lawsuit over a June 2022 ransomware attack that affected almost 60,000 of its patients. The attack was detected on June 13, 2022, with the investigation confirming the attackers gained access to its network the previous day. Before file encryption, the attackers potentially… Read More »
The ADPPA is now awaiting a House vote and there are doubts over whether the federal data privacy and protection law will pass that vote. While there is strong support for the ADPPA, that support is far from universal and several House members have stated that they would not vote in favor of the ADPPA… Read More »