Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 26, 2024

In the wake of high-profile breaches and ransomware attacks, Congress is pushing bills to help health systems respond. Read more… This Week’s Health IT Jobs for October 23, 2024: Multiple organizations with systems analyst roles to fill. Read more… Mitigating Cyberattacks Is Truly a Life-or-Death Situation.

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Healthcare IT Today

NOVEMBER 9, 2024

Read more… Insights From the Experts at HLTH 2024. Amid a surge in ransomware attacks, Jason Griffin at Nordic Consulting discussed the role of multifactor authentication, encryption, and business associate agreements in bolstering cybersecurity. Healthcare IT Today caught several experts on camera in Las Vegas.

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HIPAA Journal

MARCH 25, 2025

The incident was described as an information technology network disruption that impacted the clinics accessibility to certain electronic systems language indicative of a ransomware attack. The post Colorado Eye Clinic Investigating Suspected Ransomware Attack appeared first on The HIPAA Journal.

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HIT Consultant

JANUARY 24, 2025

Key Findings from the Horizon Report: Healthcare Data Breaches on the Rise: The total number of patient records exposed in 2024 increased by 9%, from 168 million to 183 million, highlighting the escalating threat to patient data security.

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HIT Consultant

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

of third-party breaches in 2024, according to new report from Black Kite. ” These hidden vulnerabilities within interconnected ecosystems wreaked havoc across industries in 2024, with threat actors exploiting trusted vendor relationships to launch devastating attacks. of known attack methods.

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Healthcare IT Today

NOVEMBER 2, 2024

Read more… Minimizing the Impact of Ransomware in the Cloud. Read more… This Week’s Health IT Jobs for October 30, 2024: Multiple roles in information management an IT operations for leading health systems. Cloud adoption has expanded healthcare organizations’ attack surfaces significantly.

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Healthcare IT Today

NOVEMBER 23, 2024

Read more… CHIME 2024: Perspectives on AI, Cybersecurity, Leadership, and More. Read more… Critical Condition: The Increasing Frequency of Ransomware Attacks in Healthcare. Avi Sharma at Jefferson Einstein talked to John about AI topics that included governance, vendor selection, and product integration.

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HIT Consultant

FEBRUARY 12, 2025

of third-party breaches in 2024, according to new report from Black Kite. ” These hidden vulnerabilities within interconnected ecosystems wreaked havoc across industries in 2024, with threat actors exploiting trusted vendor relationships to launch devastating attacks. of known attack methods.

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HIPAA Journal

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

The use of ransomware in cyberattacks decreased slightly in the first half of the year; however, the severity of ransomware attacks increased according to the 2024 Cyber Claims Report: Mid-Year Update from cyber insurance and security service provider Coalition. million and $2.5

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Compliancy Group

JANUARY 31, 2025

The most shocking part is that the Change Healthcare breach wasnt the only massive breach in 2024. With 2024 behind us, its time to take a look at the years most significant breaches. Change Healthcare Ransomware is the name of the game. Between June 19 – June 24, 2024, the PHI of 2,896,985 was stolen. The damage?

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Healthcare It News

MAY 13, 2024

The Health Information Sharing and Analysis Center issued a threat alert Friday about the Russia-backed ransomware group Black Basta, warning of its accelerated attempted attacks against the healthcare sector. "It is recommended that this alert be reviewed with high urgency and the recommended technical mitigations be put in place.

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HIPAA Journal

APRIL 22, 2024

According to the Q1, 2024 ransomware report from the ransomware remediation firm Coveware, ransom payments have fallen to a record low with only 28% of victims opting to pay the ransom to recover files and/or prevent the exposure of stolen data.

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Becker's Health IT

OCTOBER 22, 2024

In 2024, 389 U.S. healthcare institutions were hit by ransomware, which led to widespread network shutdowns, offline systems, delays in critical medical procedures and the rescheduling of appointments, an Oct. 22 report from Microsoft found.

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Compliancy Group

JANUARY 16, 2025

The settlement marks OCRs 10th ransomware enforcement action, and the 4th enforcement action in OCRs risk analysis initiative. Potential HIPAA Risk Analysis Rule Violation: Ransomware Attack In March 2023, OCR received a breach report concerning a ransomware incident that had affected NESGs information system.

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Becker's Health IT

JANUARY 10, 2025

Discover the alarming rise of ransomware attacks on U.S. hospitals, with over 1,000 affected in 2024. Learn more from cybersecurity firm Emsisoft's report.

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HIPAA Journal

APRIL 22, 2024

Octapharma identified suspicious activity within its network on April 17, 2024, and confirmed that an unauthorized third party had breached its network and disrupted certain parts of its operations. BlackSuit is a relatively new ransomware operation that was discovered in May 2023.

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HIPAA Journal

MARCH 10, 2025

CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield has filed a lawsuit against Change Healthcare in response to the February 2024 ransomware attack that caused extensive disruption to Change Healthcares services.CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield provides health plans to 3.5 million individuals and groups in Maryland and the Washington D.C.

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HIPAA Journal

APRIL 30, 2024

The medical device manufacturer Livanova, the Massachusetts community behavioral health center Aspire Health Alliance, and Santa Rosa Behavioral Healthcare Hospital in California have experienced ransomware attacks that exposed patient data. The LockBit ransomware group claimed responsibility for the attack.

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HIPAA Journal

APRIL 23, 2024

Biggest Healthcare Data Breaches in March 2024 18 data breaches were reported in March that involved the protected health information of 10,000 or more individuals, all of which were hacking incidents. The largest breach of the month was reported by the Pennsylvanian dental care provider, Risa’s Dental and Braces.

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HIPAA Journal

MAY 1, 2024

On May 1, 2024, the 2024 Verizon Data Breach Investigations Report ( DBIR ) was released, which this year involved an analysis of a record number of security incidents (30,458), and more than double the number of confirmed data breaches as last year (10,626). Top causes of non-erro, non-misuse data breaches.

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HIPAA Journal

MARCH 25, 2025

In March 2024, Numotion was the victim of a ransomware attack. The Numotion ransomware attack involved unauthorized access to the data of 602,265 individuals between February 29, 2024, and March 2, 2024. That email breach involved the protected health information of 2,319 individuals.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JULY 25, 2024

ABDM, tele-mental health budgets reduced Early this week, India's Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced the official Union Budget for 2024-2025. The move to more secure digital infrastructure came almost a year after the state health insurer was hit by a Medusa ransomware attack, which exposed the data of some 13 million members.

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Digital Health News

MAY 15, 2024

US non-profit health system, Ascension has confirmed that its electronic health records (EHR) system is down following a ransomware incident on 8 May 2024.

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Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 28, 2024

Ransomware attacks make up the bulk of incidents seen today. North America is a particularly popular target for ransomware attacks, having experienced 315 of the healthcare sector’s 379 ransomware attacks last year. 2024 is projected to also near or surpass the $10 million mark.

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HIPAA Journal

MARCH 11, 2025

The Rhysida ransomware group has claimed responsibility for the attack and has added Sunflower Medical Group to its data leak site. Suspicious activity was identified within its computer systems on April 11, 2024. The invitations were circulated on September 3, 2024, October 3, 2024, November 7, 2024, and/or December 30, 2024.

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Healthcare IT Today

DECEMBER 22, 2023

Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) said it will update the HIPAA Security Rule in 2024 and will ask Congress for new laws and resources to increase civil money penalties for HIPAA violations, increase HIPAA enforcement, and conduct proactive audits.

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Healthcare IT Today

APRIL 2, 2025

Healthcare was the most breached industry in 2024, and UnitedHealth is still sending breach notices about the Change Healthcare attack, which exposed the data of over 190 million people last year. A second major issue is the relentless nature, and extreme profitability, of ransomware. billion by 2028.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 3, 2024

As we kick off 2024, we wanted to start the new year with a series of 2024 Health IT predictions. Scott Lundstrom, Senior Healthcare Strategist at OpenText Cybersecurity Accelerated move to zero trust: The healthcare industry is struggling against a dramatic increase in malware and ransomware attacks.

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Becker's Health IT

OCTOBER 23, 2024

"Discover the top cyber attackers targeting healthcare organizations in 2024 according to Microsoft's latest report. Learn about notorious ransomware groups and

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HIPAA Journal

MARCH 11, 2025

Hillcrest Convalescent Center Hillcrest Convalescent Center in Durham, North Carolina has notified 106,194 individuals about a data security incident identified on June 27, 2024. Notification letters were mailed to all affected individuals on March 3, 2024. The Hillcrest incident involved the data of 106,194 individuals.

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HIPAA Journal

MARCH 29, 2024

It has been more than 5 weeks since Change Healthcare suffered a Blackcat ransomware attack. Department of State Offers $10 Million Reward for Information on ALPHV/Blackcat Ransomware Group The U.S. While around 20 services have now resumed, more than 100 are still offline.

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Healthcare IT Today

DECEMBER 26, 2024

Tony Lauro, Senior Director, Security Technology and Strategy at Akamai Technologies As we move into 2025, the healthcare industry faces a growing threat from ransomware attacks, with far-reaching consequences, as we saw in this year’s cyberattack on Ascension Hospitals.

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Compliancy Group

JANUARY 24, 2025

There was also a 278% jump in ransomware attacks in the same period. Unfortunately, 2024 was a record-breaking year, with 179 million records stolen, exposed, or disclosed without authorization. 2024s biggest data breach, Change Healthcare, Inc., Its not just the number of healthcare data breaches that cause concern.

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HIPAA Journal

MAY 23, 2024

A Texas ophthalmology practice has experienced a ransomware attack that resulted in the encryption of files on its computer systems. The attack was detected on March 21, 2024, when the file encryption made certain computer systems inaccessible.

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HIT Consultant

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

Personal health information (PHI) is especially vulnerable to ransomware and cyber attacks. For example, in February of 2024, we saw a significant ransomware attack against Change Healthcare, where the protected health information of up to a third of Americans had been exposed. billion and $2.45

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HIPAA Journal

APRIL 8, 2024

The Medusa ransomware group has leaked data stolen from American Renal Associates. American Renal Associates American Renal Associates (ARA), one of the largest providers of dialysis services in the United States and a provider of care for patients suffering from end-stage renal disease has experienced a Medusa ransomware attack.

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HIT Consultant

DECEMBER 18, 2024

Data breaches, ransomware attacks, and system vulnerabilities have emerged as major disruptors, threatening sensitive patient information and the very foundation of patient care. As per the Cost of Data Breach Report 2024 , the average cost of a data breach in healthcare reached $10.93 million in 2024.

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