Healthcare Data Breaches Affected 40 Million Americans in 2019

Feb 10, 2020 | HIPAA Violations, HSN

40 Million The US state with the highest population is California.  At the end of 2019, it was 39.56 million.  That’s A LOT of people, right? Yes.  However, according to the recent study published by Fortified Health Security, 40 MILLION Americans were affected by a...

Sentara Hospitals Agrees to $2.175 Million Settlement for HIPAA Violations

Dec 9, 2019 | HIPAA Fine, HIPAA Violations, HSN

Crazy Eight If only we were talking about a card game.  Unfortunately, for Sentara Hospital, we aren’t.  Instead, we are referring to them receiving the unwanted title of being the eighth recipient of a HIPAA financial penalty in 2019.  This $2.175 million fine is...

Ransomware Attack Impacts 100+ Nursing Homes

Dec 3, 2019 | HSN, ransomware

  “Doctor, How Bad Is It?” “I’m not sure, I can’t access your medical records to tell you exactly what the prognosis is.” Recently, this is what Virtual Care Provider had to tell its clients; that the technology services that they were providing were on hacker...

Data Breach Costs Texas Health and Human Services Commission $1.6 Million

Nov 12, 2019 | HIPAA Fine, HIPAA Violations, HSN

When DADS Don’t Know Best No, we aren’t talking about Father Knows Best here.  We are referencing the Department of Aging and Disability Services (DADS).  In 2017 it was added to the Texas Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC), which is comprised of childcare...

American Cancer Society’s Online Store Hit with Skimming Malware

Nov 5, 2019 | HSN

Sick on the Inside The American Cancer Society deals with illness of the human sort, but recently they had to deal with another kind of toxic plague silently taking over.  On the outside, things looked fine.  But on the inside, there was a silent plague. Hidden as...