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UnitedHealth estimates 190M people impacted by Change Healthcare cyberattack

Posted on January 25, 2025 by Dissent

Paige Minemyer reports: Change Healthcare now estimates that 190 million people were impacted in the massive cyberattack that took down its services nearly a year ago. UnitedHealth Group, Change’s parent company, said in a statement to Fierce Healthcare that the “vast majority” of people impacted have received an individual or substitute notice about the breach….

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US Justice Department drops case against Texas doctor charged with leaking transgender care data

Posted on January 25, 2025January 25, 2025 by Dissent

Prosecutors may have dropped the case against Dr. Eithan Haim, but his conduct is a reminder of the insider threat. AP reports: Federal prosecutors on Friday dropped the case against a Texas doctor who called himself a whistleblower on transgender care for minors and was accused of illegally obtaining private information on patients who weren’t under his care. The…

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HCF Management healthcare facilities hit by ransomware attack; more than 70,000 patients affected

Posted on January 24, 2025 by Dissent

HCF Management manages a variety of healthcare facilities in Ohio and Pennsylvania, including assisted living, rehabilitation services, long-term care, and hospice services.  They are a for-profit organization. On October 29, 2024, RansomHub added HCF Inc. to its leak site with a claim that they had exfiltrated 250 GB of files. Their listing did not specifically…

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Cybersecurity Incident Impacting Addison Northwest School District (ANWSD)

Posted on January 21, 2025 by Dissent

Legacy data and servers have bitten another entity. Kudos to Addison Northwest School District (ANWSD), though, for the clarity of their public notice, linked prominently from their home page. Their notice: We want to inform our community about a recent cybersecurity incident involving Addison Northwest School District (ANWSD). During an investigation into a breach affecting…

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DOJ confirms arrested US Army soldier is linked to AT&T and Verizon hacks

Posted on January 18, 2025 by Dissent

Zack Whittaker reports: U.S. prosecutors have formally linked the arrest of a serving U.S. Army soldier in December to a massive theft of U.S. phone records from AT&T and Verizon last year. Authorities arrested Cameron John Wagenius, a U.S. Army communications specialist, in Texas on December 20 following a brief two-page grand jury indictment accusing the U.S….

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HHS Office for Civil Rights Settles HIPAA Ransomware Cybersecurity Investigation for $10,000

Posted on January 15, 2025 by Dissent

Settlement with Northeast Surgical Group marks OCR’s 10th ransomware enforcement action and 4th enforcement action in OCR’s Risk Analysis Initiative. Today the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Office for Civil Rights (OCR) announced a settlement with Northeast Surgical Group, P.C. (NESG), a provider of surgical services in Michigan, for a potential violation…

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