This is a press release you may want to really read as it raises a number of important questions to HHS OCR as to how they do things — and how quickly (or not quickly). Nov 08 2019 WASHINGTON – U.S. Sen. Mark R. Warner (D-VA), Vice Chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee and co-founder of the…
Ransomware Attacks Hit Everis and Spain’s Largest Radio Network
Sergiu Gatlan reports: Everis, an NTT DATA company and one of Spain’s largest managed service providers (MSP), had its computer systems encrypted today in a ransomware attack, just as it happened to Spain’s largest radio station Cadena SER (Sociedad Española de Radiodifusión). While the ransomware attacks were not yet publicly acknowledged by the company, the ransom note left…
Main Street Clinical Associates, PA Notifies Patients After Looters Steal PHI
The press release below the separator on this page describes a statistically unusual incident; an explosion at a building adjacent to a covered entity caused an emergency evacuation in which files and file rooms were left open and unsecured. But then the entity and its employees were not allowed to re-enter the building for months….
No patient information ‘misused’ after Salem Health employee email breach, spokesman says
Jonathan Bach reports: An unauthorized person gained access to employee email accounts at Salem Health Hospitals & Clinics, but a spokesman said Thursday that patient information was not “misused.” The unauthorized access happened in July; hospital officials don’t know if the person viewed any patient information in the email phishing attack. Read more on The Statesman. This…
Admins of Berlusconi Market arrested by Italian Police
The following is a Google translation of an article on la Repubblica: They used names of politicians to cover real identities on the internet. Three administrators of the black market called ‘Berlusconi market’, active in the encrypted web, were arrested by the finance guard in the context of an investigation by the Brescia prosecutor’s office. ‘Berlusconi…
Undetermined number of patient medical records lost in Bahamas
Every so often, we see an incident that is due to forces of nature or some environmental event. Here’s one from the Great Bahamas: There was a significant number of patient medical records lost at the Rand Memorial Hospital, during the passage of Hurricane Dorian, Public Hospitals Authority (PHA) Managing Director Catherine Weech said yesterday….