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AK: Petersburg hospital responds to potential medical records breach

Posted on March 3, 2021 by Dissent

Angela Denning reports: Petersburg Medical Center announced Monday that it learned of a potential breach of federal health care privacy law with some patients’ medical records. But the community hospital says the information was not released outside its walls. According to a press release, the hospital found that an employee viewed records of patients who…

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Updating the Maze attack on Fairfax County Public Schools

Posted on March 2, 2021 by Dissent

In September, 2020 Fairfax County Public Schools in Virginia was hit with Maze ransomware.The attack was announced on Maze’s dedicated leak site in early September, and after multiple queries by this site, FCPS issued a statement confirming that they had been attacked. One month later, the threat actors started dumping some data on their leak…

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In a year of supply-chain attacks, do you have your business associate agreements in place?

Posted on March 2, 2021 by Dissent

I recently came across a breach report that is a useful reminder of the value of ensuring that  business associate agreements (BAA) are in place, and that compliance with the agreements is assessed regularly. In this instance Humana, a health plan, reported that on December 22, they were notified by a business associate that an…

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AZ: City of Kingman government computer system hit by cyberattack

Posted on March 1, 2021 by Dissent

abc15 reports: Local and federal authorities are working with the City of Kingman after the city’s government computer system was targeted by a cyberattack. According to a Sunday release from spokeswoman Colleen Haines, the city became aware of the attack “throughout the entire computer system” on Friday. The FBI, Department of Homeland Security, and Arizona…

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Some San Diegans’ personal information provided to Jewish Family Service exposed online

Posted on March 1, 2021 by Dissent

Morgan Cook reports: Jewish Family Service of San Diego, a prominent nonprofit aid organization, exposed thousands of messages, some with identifying information from people seeking help with everything from paying rent to escaping abusive relationships. The social-services charity, which helps people in crisis regardless of their faith, learned of the data breach Monday night, after…

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Universal Health Services lost $67 million in cyberattack recovery

Posted on February 28, 2021 by Dissent

Ginger Christ reports: Universal Health Services said Thursday that the company lost $67 million in the second half of 2020 as a result of a September cyberattack. The Sept. 29 malware attack caused King of Prussia, Pa.-based UHS to temporarily take all of its U.S. information technology networks offline, including systems for medical records, laboratories and pharmacies. Servers…

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