A recent report headlining that 560 healthcare facilities were impacted by ransomware attacks in 2020 may have seemed shocking until you realize any one ransomware attack can impact multiple hospitals or clinics in a network (just think of the Universal Health Services incident where the Pennsylvania-based system took 400 facilities offline when they were attacked). …
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CHwapi hospital hit by ransomware; operations canceled, and another city hit
Another hospital has been hit with ransomware. The following is a Google translation of a report The CHwapi, hospital center of Picardy Wallonia in Tournai, was the victim of a computer attack on Sunday evening. All non-urgent operations were canceled on Monday. No ransom demand has been demanded, according to management. The CHwapi was the…
TX: Hendrick: Computer network breach compromised some patients’ information
Laura Gutschke reports: Hendrick Health System on Friday began notifying patients that some identifying information may have been compromised during a network security breach identified Nov. 20. An investigation determined that patient information may have been accessible between Oct. 10 and Nov. 9, the release said, including patient names, Social Security numbers, demographic and other limited…
Wisconsin Medicaid information accessed by unauthorized individual
Devin Willems reports: Gainwell Technologies announced that someone may have gained unauthorized access to some participants’ information in Wisconsin’s Medicaid program. According to a release, an unauthorized individual gained access to an account starting on Oct. 29, 2020, that may have exposed the names, member identification numbers and billing codes for services received of some…
Cz: They attacked Hospital of Aftercare in Horažďovice; police are investigating
Jan Horák reports (translation): According to the findings of Aktuálně.cz, criminal investigators are revealing the background to the hacker attack on the aftercare hospital. Hackers attacked a medical facility in Horažďovice last week, knocking out part of its information systems. The hospital now operates without restrictions. The National Office for Cyber and Information Security consulted with the facility…
Excellus to pay $5 million to settle charges stemming from breach that impacted 9.3 million
Excellus Health Plan, Inc. has agreed to pay $5.1 million 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) Privacy and Security Rules related to a breach…