Peachstate Health Management, LLC, doing business as AEON Clinical Laboratories (Peachstate), has agreed to pay $25,000 to the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and to implement a corrective action plan to settle potential violations of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) Security Rule. …
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Mercy University Hospital secures court injunction against ransomware hackers
Aodhan O’Faolain reports: A Cork-based hospital has secured injunctions from the High Court restraining any sharing, processing, selling or publishing of data believed stolen from its computer systems in the cyberattack. The orders were made in favour of the Mercy Hospital Cork against “persons unknown” responsible for accessing the hospital’s IT system, that is separate…
Nigerian Cybercriminal Gang Targets Texas Unemployment System
Brian New reports: A Nigerian cybercriminal gang is targeting the Texas unemployment system, according to evidence shared with the CBS 11 I-Team. A 13-page step-by-step tutorial on how to commit unemployment identity fraud through the Texas Workforce Commission website was discovered in an online closed group chat between members of the cybercriminal organization known as…
NH: Sentenced to Over a Year in Prison for Hacking Police Department in Revenge for Drug Arrest
Wayne Kenney, 31, of Hooksett, was sentenced to 12 months and one day in federal prison for unauthorized access to a computer and damage to protected computers, Acting United States Attorney John J. Farley announced today. According to court documents and statements made in court, in early 2015, Kenney…
NM: Las Cruces behavioral health counselor accused of Medicaid fraud, identity theft
Algernon D’Ammassa reports: A licensed professional clinical counselor based in Las Cruces was indicted Friday on multiple counts of Medicaid fraud, identity theft and other charges. The grand jury indictment, filed in New Mexico’s Third District Court, accuses Cathy Chidester of Drop In Counseling of submitting fraudulent Medicaid claims, including one count of Medicaid fraud…
Nz: Waikato DHB cyber attack: Govt says it will not pay ransom to hackers
NZ Herald reports: The Government won’t pay a ransom to those behind the Waikato DHB cyber attack which crashed the board’s entire system last Tuesday. A group claiming to be responsible for the cyber attack claimed today that it had accessed confidential patient notes, staff details and financial information. Health Minister Andrew Little said he was…