Kudos to the North Mississippi Health Services for rapid detection and interruption of a phishing attack. In a website notice dated September 1, NMHS explains that on July 3, they discovered unauthorized access through an employee’s email account after a phishing email was unintentionally opened. “Our Security Operation Committee (SOC) promptly shut down the system,…
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Indiana notifying Medicaid recipients of CareSource security breach
Carley Lanich reports: The protected health information of some Indiana Medicaid members may have been compromised in a recent security breach involving Ohio-based CareSource. Officials with the Indiana Family and Social Services Administration announced Friday that the breach of CareSource, a managed care entity, happened in late May and involved the personal information of more…
NY: Carthage, Claxton-Hepburn hospitals target of cyber attack
WWNY reports: Two north country hospitals have been targeted in a cyber attack, but officials say there appears to be no breach of patient information. Officials say Carthage Area Hospital and Claxton Hepburn Medical Center in Ogdensburg discovered the incident Thursday at approximately 6 p.m. As a precaution, the emergency rooms at Carthage and Claxton…
HHS Security Risk Assessment Tool Version 3.4 and Webinars
From HHS OCR: The Office for Civil Rights (OCR) and the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) are hosting two webinars for the release of version 3.4 of the Security Risk Assessment (SRA) Tool. This tool is designed to aid small…
MS: Singing River Health System still recovering from recent cyberattack
Harper Robinson reports: Surgeries delayed, prescriptions needing to be written by hand, and some patients being transferred to other hospitals. These are all affects of the recent cyberattack at Singing River Health System. “We still deliver great patient care,” said Dr. Randy Roth, Singing River Chief Medical Officer. “It’s a little bit slower. For us…
AZ: Data breach could affect more than 100,000 in Pima County
Jamie Donnelly reports on yet more people affected by the MOVEit breach: More than 100,000 Pima County residents could be affected by a nationwide data breach that affected the company that handled COVID-19 case investigations and contact tracing here, officials say. The company, Maximus Health Services Inc., notified the county earlier this month that data…