A hospital in Dusseldorf, Germany, was hit by a ransomware attack on Sept. 10, which encrypted 30 hospital servers, according to a Business Insider report.
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ONC has released an update to HHS' Security Risk Assessment tool, which helps providers ensure HIPAA compliance.
A former patient of St. Louis-based BJC HealthCare filed a class-action lawsuit against the health system over a cybersecurity incident, according to the lawsuit hosted on Bloomberg.
Another six health systems have been identified as being affected by the Blackbaud security breach.
Chattanooga, Tenn.-based Erlanger notified patients of a security breach after a third-party vendor misplaced backup CDs containing patient information.
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The federal government settled five HIPAA violation investigations with healthcare providers for a total of $136,500.
More health systems have reported being part of the Blackbaud security breach that affected organizations worldwide.
Spectrum Health warned patients Sept. 14 of a new "vishing" scam where individuals pretend to be an employee of the Grand Rapids, Mich.-based health system and call patients to steal their protected health information.
The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Office of Management on Sept. 14 announced a data breach of about 46,000 veterans' personal information.