Cybersecurity

Aspire Health drops pursuit of hacker, says stolen emails were never opened

Nashville-based Aspire Health is abandoning its search for a hacker that stole 124 emails in a phishing scam in September after an internal investigation determined the emails were intercepted before the hacker opened them, according to the Tennessean. By Julie Spitzer - 12/12/18
Colorado hospital to pay $111K HIPAA settlement

Pagosa Springs (Colo.) Medical Center has agreed to pay $111,400 to the HHS Office for Civil Rights and adopt a corrective action plan to settle allegations that it failed to terminate a former employee's access to protected health information held online. By Jessica Kim Cohen - 12/12/18
University of Maryland Medical System investigates malware attack

Baltimore-based University of Maryland Medical System is investigating a malware attack that affected about 250 of its 27,000 devices early Dec. 9, The Baltimore Sun reports. By Julie Spitzer - 12/11/18

Cloud is getting easier to breach, researchers say

The cloud may not be as secure as it was previously touted to be, according to a Palo Alto Networks report reviewed by The Hill. By Julie Spitzer - 12/11/18
Baylor Scott & White Medical Center notifies 47,000 after credit card info breach

Baylor Scott & White Medical Center – Frisco (Texas) said one of its vendors suffered a cyberattack in late September which may have compromised 47,000 patients' or guarantors' credit card information. By Julie Spitzer - 12/11/18
Threats and benefits of cloud-based storage systems: Penn Medicine’s CISO shares insights

Dan Costantino, chief information security officer at Philadelphia-based Penn Medicine-University of Pennsylvania Health System, shares his thoughts on cloud-based storage versus in-house systems as well as critical points of cybersecurity health systems should tackle after a cyberattack. By Jackie Drees - 12/10/18
California eye center plans to switch EMR vendors after it suffered a ransomware attack

Redwood Eye Center in Vallejo, Calif., notified 16,055 patients after it learned its EMR vendor IT Lighthouse experienced a ransomware attack in September. By Julie Spitzer - 12/10/18

Google's cloud security command center now available in beta: 3 notes

Google launched beta availability of its cloud security command center for Google Cloud Platform customers Dec. 5. By Jessica Kim Cohen - 12/7/18
HIPAA changes needed, according to health IT trade groups

The American Medical Informatics Association and the American Health Information Management Association issued joint recommendations to modernize HIPAA during a Dec. 5 briefing on Capitol Hill. By Jessica Kim Cohen - 12/6/18
Indiana medical company hit with first multistate HIPAA lawsuit: 7 things to know

Attorneys general from 12 states have united to sue an Indiana medical company over a 2015 data breach, according to Inside INdiana Business. By Julie Spitzer - 12/4/18
41K+ patients warned of possible data breach after Cancer Centers of America phishing attack

Cancer Treatment Centers of America at Western Regional Medical Center in Bullhead City, Ariz., is warning 41,948 individuals about a potential compromise of their protected health information after a hacker briefly gained access to an employee's email account earlier this year. By Julie Spitzer - 12/4/18

Renters find thousands of pages of medical records in former physician's home

Shortly after moving in to a retired physicians' rental home in Brentwood, Tenn., Kirsten and Don Borgeson stumbled upon thousands of unsecured medical records in the garage, according to a News 4 report. By Julie Spitzer - 12/3/18
California health center alerts patients to improper PHI disposal

San Mateo (Calif.) Medical Center is alerting patients seen at its Daly City (Calif.) Clinic to a potential breach of their protected health information. By Julie Spitzer - 12/3/18
Ransomware attack strikes Rhode Island health center: 4 things to know

Thundermist Health Center in Woonsocket, R.I., is recovering from a ransomware attack that began around 8 a.m. Nov. 29, according to a WPRI report. By Julie Spitzer - 12/3/18
Tandigm Health: Website vulnerability exposed patients' data

Conshohocken, Pa.-based Tandigm Health, a value-based care company formed by Independence Blue Cross and Davita Healthcare to collaborate with physicians to improve care, discovered a potential vulnerability on one of its websites Sept. 28 that may have allowed hackers to access patient data. By Julie Spitzer - 11/30/18
Illinois eye center notifies patients after ransomware attack

The Center for Vitreo-Retinal Diseases in Des Plaines, Ill., posted a notice on its website after discovering its computers had been infected with ransomware Sept. 18. By Julie Spitzer - 11/30/18
9 healthcare privacy incidents in November

Nine privacy incidents at healthcare organizations captured public attention last month. By Julie Spitzer - 11/30/18
Hackers indicted in SamSam ransomware attacks on Allscripts, hospitals

A grand jury in New Jersey has indicted two Iranian hackers in connection with the ransomware campaign that crippled more than 200 organizations, including Allscripts and several hospitals, universities and cities, according to an ABC 7 report. The men are still at large. By Julie Spitzer - 11/29/18
Ohio, West Virginia hospitals refuse to pay ransom after cyberattack

The two Ohio Valley Health Services & Education Corp. hospitals that fell victim to ransomware Nov. 23 aren't paying a ransom to remedy the attack, officials told The Times Leader. By Julie Spitzer - 11/28/18
Atrium Health billing hack compromised data of 2.65M patients: 6 things to know

Charlotte, N.C.-based Atrium Health is notifying 2.65 million individuals after its third-party billing vendor AccuDoc Solutions was hacked in late September. By Julie Spitzer - 11/28/18

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