August 2024 OCR Cybersecurity Newsletter HIPAA Security Rule Facility Access Controls – What are they and how do you implement them? Available online at https://www.hhs.gov/hipaa/for-professionals/security/guidance/cybersecurity-newsletter-august-2024/index.html In today’s environment of increased cyber-attacks and breaches of electronic protected health information (ePHI)1 caused by hacking, malware, or ransomware, HIPAA covered entities2 and business associates3 (collectively, “regulated entities”) may overlook the need for…
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Hacker known as “USDoD” who stole 3 billion US data records: doxxed and Brazilian
The following is a Google machine translation of an article by TecMundo: The top cybersecurity news story in the United States in August involved the leak of 2.7 billion Social Security numbers , similar to social security numbers. The cybercriminal group that claimed responsibility for the attack is USDoD , which is also known for hacking into companies around…
Alleged member of Karakurt extradited and charged in Ohio
Let’s start with the press release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office in the Southern District of Ohio: CINCINNATI – A member of a Russian cybercrime group has been charged federally and appeared in U.S. District Court in Cincinnati today. A federal grand jury indicted Deniss Zolotarjovs, 33, of Moscow, Russia, charging him with conspiring to…
Pulaski County Man Sentenced for Cyber Intrusion and Aggravated Identity Theft
LONDON, Ky. – A Somerset, Ky., man, Jesse Kipf, 39, was sentenced to 81 months on Monday by U.S. District Judge Robert Wier, for computer fraud and aggravated identity theft. According to his plea agreement, Kipf intentionally accessed a computer without authorization and then obtained information from a protected computer for his own private gain and…
Privacy group fights European Parliament over ‘massive’ HR data breach
Antoaneta Roussi reports: The European Parliament’s headache over a major human resources data breach earlier this year just won’t fade. Austria-based digital rights group noyb on Thursday said it had filed two complaints against the European Union institution for infringing the bloc’s flagship privacy law, the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), over a data breach…
Top US oilfield firm Halliburton hit by cyberattack, source says
Liz Hampton reports: U.S. oilfield services firm Halliburton (HAL.N) on Wednesday was hit by a cyberattack, according to a person familiar with the matter. Halliburton said it was aware of an issue affecting certain systems at the company and was working to determine the cause and impact of the problem. The company was also working with “leading…