This article by Rick Ruggles about the University of Nebraska’s security challenges may give some readers a better understanding of what happens on a daily basis. Here are some snippets: … the number of attacks on systems is shocking. He said NU’s information security efforts block 9.94 million attacks daily. Many of those are automatically…
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New Notification Requirements in New York for Healthcare Providers Facing a Cybersecurity Incident
Frank J. Fanshawe, Joseph J. Lazzarotti, Jason C. Gavejian and Maya Atrakchi of JacksonLewis write: On August 12, Mahesh Nattanmai, New York’s Chief Health Information Officer, issued a notice letter (“the notice”) on behalf of the New York State Department of Health (“Department”) requiring healthcare providers to use a new notification protocol for informing the…
CA: Malware attack targets San Dieguito Union High School District
Matt Boone reports: A North County school district said it was hacked last week, forcing them to shut down parts of their network during registration week. The San Dieguito Union High School District sent out an email to parents on Thursday alerting them to “an attempted malware attack” on August 9. Read more on 10News….
Michigan Medicine notifies patients of health information breach
From Michigan Medicine, Aug. 16 – ANN ARBOR, Mich. — Michigan Medicine is notifying approximately 5,500 patients about a phishing email campaign that may have exposed some of their health information. During the campaign, emails containing a malicious link were sent to over 3,200 Michigan Medicine employees. If the link was clicked, employees were directed to…
IA: Virginia Gay Hospital notifies patients after discovering compromised employee email account
As posted on the hospital’s web site on August 15: Virginia Gay Hospital Notifies Patients of Security Incident Vinton, Iowa (August 15, 2019) – Virginia Gay Hospital has become aware of a data security incident that may have resulted in the disclosure of the personal information of its patients. Virginia Gay Hospital immediately investigated the…
Grays Harbor Community Hospital and Harbor Medical Group notifying 85,000 patients of ransomware incident; Not all EMR have been recovered
Back in July, this site noted a media report about a ransomware attack on Grays Harbor Community Hospital. At the time, and although the incident had first been reported in the media on June 19, the hospital was still not disclosing a lot of details. Yesterday, the hospital issued a formal notice about the breach,…