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

JANUARY 31, 2023

UCLA Health said it has since enhanced its technology evaluation procedures. The forensic investigation confirmed on November 1, 2022, that the file had been exfiltrated and contained first/last names, email addresses, health insurance member numbers, and health insurance group numbers of certain members.

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HIPAA Journal

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

Regal Medical Group, a San Bernardino, CA-based affiliate of the Heritage Provider Network, recently announced that it was attacked with ransomware. The forensic investigation confirmed that the attackers gained access to the servers on or around December 1 and exfiltrated files before the ransomware was deployed.

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HIPAA Journal

MARCH 29, 2023

Atlantic General Hospital – Ransomware Attack Atlantic General Hospital (AGH) in Berlin, MD, has recently reported a ransomware attack to the Maine Attorney General that has affected up to 30,704 individuals. OU Health – Stolen Laptop Computer OU Medicine Inc.

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HIPAA Journal

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

Teijin Automotive Technologies Says Welfare Plan Data Compromised in December Ransomware Attack Teijin Automotive Technologies has recently confirmed the protected health information of 25,464 members of its welfare plan has potentially been accessed and stolen in a December 1, 2022, ransomware attack.

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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 31, 2023

New York Presbyterian Hospital has reported a 54K-record data breach due to website tracking tools, ransomware attacks have been reported by Atlantic Dialysis Management Services and American Pain & Wellness, and there has been an impermissible disclosure of PHI by a former New Medical Health Care employee.

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HIPAA Journal

MAY 10, 2023

McPherson Hospital – Ransomware Attack McPherson Hospital in Kansas has recently issued notification letters to 19,020 patients to alert them about a July 2022 ransomware attack. McPherson Hospital said its technical safeguards have been reviewed and enhanced to prevent similar incidents in the future.

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HIT Consultant

AUGUST 31, 2021

There’s no sugarcoating it: healthcare has a serious ransomware problem. In fact, the first-ever such attack targeted the industry in 1989 when 20,000 floppy disks infected with ransomware were given to those who attended the World Health Organization’s AIDS Conference. And it’s not a new problem for this sector.

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HIPAA Journal

APRIL 8, 2024

The Medusa ransomware group has leaked data stolen from American Renal Associates. Moffitt Cancer Center has been affected by a cyberattack on a vendor, and Family Health Center in Michigan and Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital have reported the exposure of patient data.

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HIPAA Journal

MARCH 29, 2024

It has been more than 5 weeks since Change Healthcare suffered a Blackcat ransomware attack. United Health Group has also confirmed that it has paid out more than $3.3 billion has been provided to safety net hospitals and federally qualified health centers that serve high-risk patients and communities. 40% of the $3.3

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Med-Net Compliance

OCTOBER 17, 2022

The second largest nonprofit hospital chain in the United States has confirmed that it has fallen victim to a ransomware attack. The hospital chain said that upon discovering the ransomware attack they took immediate steps to protect their systems, contain the incident, begin an investigation, and ensure continuity of care.

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HIPAA Journal

JUNE 1, 2023

Mountain View Hospital, Idaho Falls Community Hospital, and several clinics in rural Idaho run by the same operator have been affected by a recent cyberattack. The cyberattack was detected on Memorial Day, and ambulances were diverted to other hospitals as a precaution.

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HIPAA Journal

DECEMBER 13, 2022

Two healthcare organizations in Massachusetts have chosen to settle class action lawsuits that were filed by patients whose protected health information was stolen in cyberattacks. Sturdy Memorial Hospital. The hospital chose to pay the ransom. Sturdy Memorial Hospital Inc. The lawsuit – Shedd, et al.

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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 yet to announce any cyberattack or data breach.

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HIPAA Journal

AUGUST 8, 2023

The LockBit ransomware group has added Varian Medical Systems to its data leak site and has threatened to publish the data of cancer patients if the ransom is not paid. The post LockBit Ransomware Group Threatens to Publish Stolen Cancer Patient Data appeared first on HIPAA Journal.

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HIPAA Journal

APRIL 10, 2023

CommonSpirit Health has issued an update about its October 2022 ransomware attack and has confirmed that patients from 164 facilities were affected by the attack and had their sensitive data exposed or stolen. Given the number of hospitals now known to have been affected, that total is likely to increase by a substantial amount.

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HIPAA Journal

AUGUST 25, 2022

Methodist McKinny Hospital in Texas has recently announced that its systems have been accessed by unauthorized individuals who removed files containing sensitive data from its systems. The breach is known to have affected patients of Methodist McKinney Hospital, Methodist Allen Surgical Center, and Methodist Craig Ranch Surgical Center.

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HIPAA Journal

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

Salud Family Health Provides Update on September 2022 Ransomware Attack. Colorado-based Salud Family Health, a Federal Qualified Health Center (FQHC), has recently provided an update on a September 2022 cyberattack and has confirmed that patient data was potentially stolen. The electronic record system was unaffected.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 12, 2024

In an era where the HHS itself notes a 93% increase in large healthcare data breaches from 2018 to 2022, as well as a 278% increase in those that involve ransomware, suggesting “voluntary cybersecurity goals” is akin to applying a band-aid on a hemorrhage.

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HIPAA Journal

AUGUST 22, 2023

Morris Hospital & Healthcare Centers in Illinois has started notifying 248,943 individuals about a cyberattack that was detected on April 4, 2023. Morris Hospital & Healthcare Centers did not state the identity of the attackers in the notification letters, nor mention the nature of the attack.

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HIPAA Journal

MARCH 28, 2024

Cyberattacks have been reported by Pembina County Memorial Hospital, Pomona Valley Hospital Medical Center, and Rancho Family Medical Group. The forensic investigation and document review took almost a year, with the hospital stating in its breach notice that those processes were not completed until March 4, 2024.

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Jane Sarashon

JUNE 10, 2024

Health insurance plans make mainstream media news every week, whether coverage deals with the cost of a plan, the cost of out-of-network care, prior authorizations, or cybersecurity and ransomware attacks, among other front-page issues. Embracing workforce well-being — in and outside of health care.

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Healthcare IT Today

MARCH 23, 2023

While there are many tools and best practices to protect against ransomware, such as ensuring backups are segregated from production, proper incident response, file integrity monitoring, etc., An employee clicked on a seemingly innocent email which then deposited malware on their hospital laptop. How did it start?

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HIPAA Journal

JULY 20, 2023

Tampa General Hospital has recently confirmed that hackers gained access to its network and stole files containing the protected health information of up to 1.2 Tampa General Hospital confirmed that the hackers did not gain access to its electronic medical record system. million patients.

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HIPAA Journal

MAY 30, 2023

Morris Hospital & Healthcare Centers Investigating Royal Ransomware Attack Morris Hospital & Healthcare Centers in Illinois has launched an investigation into a cyberattack that the Royal ransomware group has claimed responsibility for. Norton did not state whether ransomware was used in the attack.

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Compliancy Group

MAY 27, 2022

35% of healthcare breaches involved ransomware attacks, vs. 20% in 2020. The average ransomware payment for healthcare was $875,784, about one-third less than the 2020 payment. 82% of ransomware attacks claimed to have removed data before encryption. Partnership Health Plan (California) . South Shore Hospital (Chicago).

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HIPAA Journal

MARCH 24, 2022

The breach notice uploaded to Chelan Douglas Health District website does not disclose when the breach was detected but says a third-party cybersecurity company was engaged to investigate the cyberattack and confirmed that its network was accessed by unauthorized individuals between July 2 and July 4, 2021.

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HIT Consultant

MAY 10, 2023

State of the Industry The healthcare industry is a particularly attractive target for ransomware for two main reasons. hospitals reached above one trillion dollars in 2022, indicating that on any given day, a massive amount of money is flowing in and out of hospitals nationwide. Total expenses for U.S.

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HIT Consultant

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

The goal is to implement spending caps on hospitals, physician groups, and health insurers, with the expectation that these savings will ultimately benefit consumers. The scale of healthcare data is staggering, with hospitals generating an average of 50 petabytes annually, of which up to 97% remains underutilized.

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HIPAA Journal

OCTOBER 7, 2022

doing business as CSI Laboratories in Alpharetta, GA, has recently announced that the email account of an employee has been accessed by an unauthorized individual, who may have viewed or obtained the protected health information of 244,850 patients. Trillium Health Email Account Breach Exposes PHI of 3,200 Patients.

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HIPAA Journal

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

The largest healthcare data breach reported in October – by some distance – was due to the use of Meta Pixel code on the website and patient portal of Advocate Aurora Health, which resulted in the impermissible disclosure of the PHI of up to 3 million patients to Meta/Facebook. Advocate Aurora Health was not alone. Ransomware attack.

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HIPAA Journal

JANUARY 24, 2023

Multiple studies have identified an increase in mortality rates at hospitals following ransomware attacks and other major cyber incidents. million members and cost the health insurer around $230 million in clean-up costs, $115 million to settle the lawsuits, $39.5 Scripps Health suffered a data breach of 1.2

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HIPAA Journal

AUGUST 31, 2022

This method of attack is becoming more common, where data is stolen, deleted, and then threats are issued to publish or sell the data if payment is not made to the attackers, but files are not encrypted using ransomware. Northeast Rehabilitation Hospital Network Notifies Patients About 2021 Cyberattack.

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HIT Consultant

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Stas Neyman, Director of Product Marketing at Akamai In recent years, several major health information exchange platforms in the United States have fallen victim to ransomware attacks. These platforms play a crucial role in U.S. Back then, digital threats were primarily focused on direct attacks such as viruses and phishing.

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HIPAA Journal

JANUARY 13, 2023

West Oaks Eyecare – Ransomware Attack. Rose Hospital – Hacking Incident with Data Theft Confirmed. Rose Hospital in Hayward, CA, has recently confirmed that a malicious actor gained access to its network and exfiltrated files containing patient information.

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HIPAA Journal

APRIL 6, 2023

55% of the targets were healthcare systems with at least one hospital and lone hospitals with Level I trauma centers. 31% of the attacks were on pharmaceutical and life sciences firms, 26% on hospitals, 16% on health insurance providers, and 16% on health services and care.

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