HIPAA Journal

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

Salud Family Health Provides Update on September 2022 Ransomware Attack. The breach was reported to the HHS’ Office for Civil Rights using a placeholder of 501 and that figure has yet to be updated on the OCR breach portal; however, the threat actor behind the attack – the Lorenz ransomware group – has dumped a sample of the files online.

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HIPAA Journal

MARCH 20, 2025

There has also been a downward trend in improper disposal incidents and unauthorized access/disclosure incidents, but data breaches continue to increase due to a massive increase in hacking incidents and ransomware attacks.In In 2019, hacking accounted for 49% of all reported breaches. in 2015 and involved the records of 78.8

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HIPAA Ransomware Compliance Hospitals 109

HIPAA Journal

MARCH 26, 2025

In 2010 and 2011, approximately 200 large data breaches were reported to OCR each year by HIPAA-regulated entities. The third phase of HIPAA audits has also faced considerable delays due to a lack of resources. OCRs workload has increased considerably, yet its budget has remained flat.

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HIPAA Journal

MAY 18, 2023

The Vermont Attorney General followed suit with a similar action against Health Net in 2011 that was settled for $55,000, and Indiana brought a civil action against Wellpoint Inc. in 2011 that was settled for $100,000. The Connecticut Attorney General was the first to exercise this right in 2010 against Health Net Inc.

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HIPAA Compliance Ransomware Hospitals 102

HIT Consultant

DECEMBER 26, 2021

Maintaining outdated systems may also bring an increase in risk around cyber security and the increasingly common incident of ransomware attacks. March 2011). Alexandru, A.G., Radu, I.M., & Bizon, M.L. Big Data in Healthcare – Opportunities and Challenges. Informatica Economica , 22 (2), 43–54. Atherton, J. mhst1-1103.

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Due Diligence Compliance HIPAA Nurses 98

Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 28, 2024

Ransomware attacks make up the bulk of incidents seen today. The cost of responding to and recovering from a breach in this industry has been higher than that of any other sector since 2011, according to a report by IBM and the Ponemon Institute. IBM and the Ponemon Institute peg the average cost of these incidents at $10.9

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Ransomware Compliance Hospitals HIPAA 112

Total HIPAA

SEPTEMBER 30, 2019

This program protects files against deletion by human error, hardware failures, and ransomware. They offer their service to users of all operating systems, even those released before 2011. All data is encrypted at a 128-bit standard at rest, in storage, and in transit. NAS and EHD (external hard drive) backup are supported.

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