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08/15/2023

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08/09/2021

Healthcare Industry has Highest Number of Reported Data Breaches in 2021

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Data breaches declined by 24% globally in the first 6 months of 2021, although breaches in the United States increased by 1.5% in that period according to Risk Based Security’s 2021 Mid-Year Data Breach shows healthcare continues to be the industry with the most reported data breaches.

08/02/2021

The Average Cost of a Healthcare Data Breach is Now $9.42 Million

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IBM Security has published its 2021 Cost of a Data Breach Report, which shows data breach costs have risen once again and are now at the highest level IBM Security has published its 2021 Cost of a Data Breach Report. The average cost of a data breach is now $4.24 million, with healthcare data breach...

07/26/2021

Cyber Incident Notification Act of 2021 Introduced in the Senate

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In June, a bipartisan group of senators circulated a draft federal breach notification bill – the Cyber Incident Notification Act of 2021 - that requires A federal data breach notification bill - The Cyber Incident Notification Act of 2021 – has been introduced by a bipartisan group of senators.

07/19/2021

U.S. Government Launches New One-Stop Ransomware Website

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The Department of Justice and the DHS’ Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) have announced the launch of a new web resource that will The U.S. government has launched a new web resource which will serve as a one-stop-shop for information on ransomware, including how to mitigate ...

07/14/2021

Kaseya Security Update Addresses Flaws Exploited in KSA Ransomware Attack

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Kaseya has announced a security update has been released for the Kaseya KSA remote management and monitoring software solution to fix the zero-day Kaseya security update fixes zero-day KSA vulnerabilities exploited in the recent supply chain attack by the REvil ransomware gang.

07/05/2021

CISA Releases Ransomware Readiness Assessment Audit Tool

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The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has launched a new tool that can be used by organizations to assess how well they are CISA has added a Ransomware Readiness Assessment audit module to its Cyber Security Evaluation Tool (CSET) to evaluate the ability to defend and reco...

07/01/2021

No Private Cause of Action Under HIPAA, but Possible Cause of Action for 14th Amendment Violation

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The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit has ruled that there is no private cause of action in the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability The Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit has ruled there is no private cause of action under HIPAA, but the ruling suggests there may be a cause....

06/28/2021

PHI of Up to 500,000 Individuals Potentially Stolen in Wolfe Eye Clinic Ransomware Attack

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Wolfe Eye Clinic, an operator of a network of eye health clinics throughout Iowa, has announced it was the victim of a ransomware attack on February 8, Wolfe Eye Clinic in Iowa has suffered a ransomware attack. Prior to file encryption, the PHI of up to 500,000 individuals may have been stolen.

06/23/2021

NIST Releases Draft Guidance for Ransomware Risk Management

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The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has released a draft Cybersecurity Framework Profile for Ransomware Risk Management to help NIST has released a draft Cybersecurity Framework Profile for Ransomware Risk Management to help organizations prevent, respond, and recover from rans...

06/17/2021

Phishing Attack on Five Rivers Health Impacts Data of 156K Patients

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This week's breach roundup is led by a phishing attack on Five Rivers Health Centers, impacting nearly 156,000. The cyberattack led to a two-month system compromise and data breach, last year.