HIPAA Journal

MARCH 1, 2022

Ransomware attacks have recently been reported by four healthcare providers across the country, which have collectively resulted in the exposure and potential theft of the protected health information of more than 49,000 individuals. Jax Spine & Pain Centers. Augustine locations prior to May 2018. Spine Diagnostic & Pain Treatment.

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HIPAA Journal

JANUARY 27, 2023

Des Plaines, IL-based Lutheran Social Services of Illinois, one of the largest providers of social services in the state, has announced that its systems were compromised and ransomware was used to encrypt files. Both healthcare organizations were recently added to the data leak site of the BlackCat ransomware group.

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HIPAA Journal

MARCH 10, 2022

Individuals whose Social Security number, driver’s license, state identification number, or financial account information may have been involved have been offered complimentary credit monitoring services. Morrow has recently announced that hackers gained access to his IT systems and used ransomware to encrypt data. DataHealth.

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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

JULY 3, 2024

has confirmed that patient data has been compromised in a cyberattack, and the Monti ransomware group has claimed responsibility for a cyberattack on Wayne Memorial Hospital. The hospital has been added to the Monti group’s data leak site, but no data is currently listed for download.

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HIPAA Journal

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

Mulkay Cardiology Consultants at Holy Name Medical Center has recently confirmed that it fell victim to a ransomware attack. The compromised information included names, addresses, dates of birth, Social Security numbers, driver’s license numbers or state IDs, medical treatment information, and health insurance information.

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HIPAA Journal

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

Just Kids Dental Suffers Ransomware Attack Acadia Health, LLC, doing business as Just Kids Dental, has started notifying 129,623 patients that some of their protected health information was stolen in an August 2, 2023, ransomware attack. Credit monitoring services are being offered to the affected individuals for 12 months at no cost.

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