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Athens Orthopedic Clinic Pays $1.5 Million to Settle HHS Charges of Systemic Noncompliance with HIPAA Rules

Posted on September 21, 2020 by Dissent

From HHS, a settlement notice involving one of thedarkoverlord’s victims. Athens Orthopedic Clinic is still facing a lawsuit from patients that made it all the way up to the Georgia Supreme Court on the issue of whether they had demonstrated enough harm to survive a motion to dismiss. Note: This blogger is the journalist referenced…

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13-year-old student nabbed in cyber attacks on Valpo schools, police say

Posted on September 19, 2020 by Dissent

Bob Kasarda reports on a case in Indiana: VALPARAISO — A 13-year-old Benjamin Franklin Middle School student was arrested and faces a felony charge of hacking into the school district’s computer system in the wake of ongoing disruptions in online learning, police confirmed Friday morning. The boy, who was taken to the Porter County Juvenile…

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Are covered entities unnecessarily giving fundraisers PHI on patients?

Posted on September 19, 2020 by Dissent

I have no doubt that numerous sites will start generating “lessons learned” or “five takeaways” from the Blackbaud breach — if they haven’t done so already.  And perhaps one of the consequences of this mega-breach needs to be a discussion of whether some entities are unnecessarily giving their fundraising arms or business associates too much…

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PA: Geisinger Berwick notifying hundreds of patients after firing employee for improper access to records

Posted on September 19, 2020 by Dissent

Geisinger Berwick is notifying more than 700 patients whose patients’ records were accessed without justification by a now-former employee.  As first reported by Times Leader, the improper access began in June 2019 and would likely still be continuing were it not for an employee that reported their concern about the employee’s actions to the clinic…

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NC: Guilford Technical Community College hit with ransomware

Posted on September 19, 2020 by Dissent

From a statement on Guilford Technical Community College‘s web site that seems to have been removed: On Sunday, Sept. 13, 2020, GTCC had an unauthorized access to the college network. Campuses were shut down for Monday, Sept. 14, 2020 to limit the extent of the unauthorized access and determine its impact. As of today’s update…

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TX: School district reaches out to FBI following cyberattack

Posted on September 18, 2020 by Dissent

KRIS-TV reports: Administrators with the Skidmore-Tynan Independent School District reported they have reached out to the Federal Bureau of Investigation following a cyberattack. School administrators said they were victims of a cyberattack Tuesday afternoon. “(We have) given the FBI everything they need to investigate the incident,” school officials said. Read more on KRIS-TV. h/t, @Chum1ng0

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