The White House publicly blamed North Korea for May's massive WannaCry attacks, which locked more than 300,000 computers across 150 countries, Homeland Security adviser Tom Bossert said at a Tuesday morning briefing, according to NPR.
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The HHS Office for Civil Rights reported nine HIPAA settlements during 2017, resolving allegations against health systems, insurance providers and remote monitoring companies.
The Modesto, Calif.-based Stanislaus County Behavioral Health and Recovery Services is recovering from a ransomware attack that compromised its computer network Dec. 12.
Nearly 360,000 new malware variants were detected each day in 2017, according to a security bulletin from Kaspersky Lab.
Fort Myers, Fla.-based 21st Century Oncology has agreed to pay HHS' Office for Civil Rights a $2.3 million settlement to resolve issues related to a 2015 data breach that affected 2.2 million patient records.
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Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman Jay Clayton took his strongest stance on cryptocurrencies to date, warning investors to be skeptical of the rapid rise in its value, The Hill reports.
While the overall rate of medical identity theft is growing in the U.S., the crime is growing at different rates in different states and regions of the country, according to part one of a three-part report published by The World…
The National Capital Poison Center in Washington, D.C., is notifying an undisclosed number of individuals following a ransomware attack that may have enabled an unauthorized third party to access a database containing information on calls to and from the center…
The Oklahoma Department of Human Services is notifying 47,000 clients of a data breach from 2016 in which an unauthorized source accessed their personal information, according to HHS' Office for Civil Rights Breach Portal.
The city of Portland is mailing letters to more than 200 patients previously enrolled in an HIV-positive health program, apologizing for not disclosing that the city planned to share their personal information with researchers from the University of Southern Maine,…