HIPAA Journal
MARCH 15, 2023
Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Agency (CISA) has launched a new pilot program in response to the increase in ransomware attacks on critical infrastructure entities. The program is focused on identifying vulnerabilities in Internet-facing systems that are known to have been exploited by ransomware gangs in previous attacks.
Compliancy Group
JANUARY 24, 2025
There was also a 278% jump in ransomware attacks in the same period. To further put things into perspective, the number of healthcare records illegally disclosed between 2009 and 2023 was more than 519 million. Data breaches in healthcare increased by 239% from January 2018 to September 2023.
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HIPAA Journal
AUGUST 31, 2022
The group operates out of Russia and has been operational since at least 2009 and is responsible for the infamous Dridex banking Trojan and several other ransomware and malware variants, including BitPaymer, Hades, Phoenixlocker, WastedLocker, SocGholish, GameOver Zeus, and JabberZeus.
HIPAA Journal
JANUARY 10, 2023
The Check Point Research team also points out that as an added advantage, ransomware gangs gain a lot of publicity from attacks on hospitals, with the attention increasing their notoriety. There were notable changes in the threat landscape in 2022, especially concerning ransomware attacks. million-record breach at Anthem Inc.
HIT Consultant
NOVEMBER 27, 2024
Earlier this year, Change Healthcare , a subsidiary of UnitedHealthcare, experienced a ransomware attack that came into the organization’s network through a third-party provider, resulting in a theft of 4TB of data and costing Change $22 million in ransom. healthcare organization.”
HIPAA Journal
MARCH 20, 2025
The HIPAA Journal has compiled healthcare data breach statistics from October 2009, when the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) started publishing summaries of healthcare data breaches on its website. This page is regularly updated to reflect the latest healthcare data breach statistics.
HIPAA Journal
MARCH 26, 2025
The Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act of 2009 requires OCR to conduct periodic audits of HIPAA-regulated entities to assess their compliance with the HIPAA Privacy, Security, and Breach Notification Rules.
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