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TX: Fraudsters who stole health information to fund spending spree plead guilty

Posted on December 9, 2020 by Dissent

KLTV reports: Two individuals have pleaded guilty to conspiracy to obtain information from a protected computer in the Eastern District of Texas. Demetrius Cervantes, 46, of McKinney, and Amanda Lowry, 40, of Sherman, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to obtain information from a protected computer on Dec. 3, 2020.  Their co-conspirator, Lydia Henslee, 29, of Denison,…

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GE puts default password in radiology devices, leaving healthcare networks exposed

Posted on December 8, 2020 by Dissent

Dan Goodin reports: Dozens of radiology products from GE Healthcare contain a critical vulnerability that threatens the networks of hospitals and other health providers that use the devices, officials from the US government and a private security firm said on Tuesday. The devices—used for CT scans, MRIs, X-Rays, mammograms, ultrasounds, and positron emission tomography—use a…

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Mercy Health discloses an insider breach, fires the employee

Posted on December 7, 2020 by Dissent

The following press release gives no indication as to how many patients were impacted, or what the employee’s motivation might have been.  Was this just a curiosity/snooping situation, or was there some other motive?  ST. LOUIS, Dec. 4, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — This news release is being issued to provide notice about a medical records privacy incident…

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MD: Ransomware impacted Greater Baltimore Medical Center’s information technology systems

Posted on December 7, 2020 by Dissent

Theo Hayes reports: Computer systems were down Sunday at the Greater Baltimore Medical Center due to ransomware, 11 News has learned. GBMC released a statement, saying: “On the morning of Sunday, Dec. 6, 2020, GBMC HealthCare detected a ransomware incident that impacted information technology systems. Although many of our systems are down, GBMC HealthCare has…

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Proposed settlement announced in Kalispell Regional Healthcare breach lawsuit

Posted on December 3, 2020 by Dissent

In October, 2019, Kalispell Regional Health suffered a phishing incident that impacted more than 100,000 patients. They were sued shortly thereafter. Today, a proposed settlement of the class action lawsuit was announced. The settlement has yet to be approved and the class hasn’t been certified yet for purposes of the suit. That is all scheduled…

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Georgia dental practice discovers it was attacked by ransomware when the attackers call them on the phone

Posted on December 3, 2020 by Dissent

Well, this is a bit different from what I am used to reading. Galstan & Ward Family and Cosmetic Dentistry (Galstan & Ward) is a dental practice in Georgia.  On  September 9, 2020, they learned that they had been a victim of a ransomware attack — or an attempted attack — when they got a…

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