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Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center (TTUHSC) recently confirmed a September ransomware attack, exfiltrating the personal and medical data of 1.4 million individuals.
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Kirsten Peremore: Dec 19, 2024 6:32:55 AM
The ConnectOnCall data breach occurred between February 16, 2024, and May 12, 2024. The breach exposed the protected health information (PHI) of...
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The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996was created to safeguard patients’ protected health information (PHI). Two decades...
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A zero-day exploit, also known as a zero-day threat, is an attack that targets a security vulnerability for which no patch or fix is available. The...
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When HIPAA guidelines are violated, it can lead to psychological and emotional consequences, social and interpersonal impacts, erosion of trust in...
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The HIPAA Breach Notification Rule ensures that covered entities promptly inform individuals when there is a breach of their Protected Health...
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Farah Amod: Dec 18, 2024 3:34:14 PM
Healthcare professionals frequently ask about how HIPAA violations can vary and how they may impact a professional or practice. The answer depends on...
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Farah Amod: Dec 18, 2024 3:09:08 PM
Hackers leak over 300,000 patient records in Anna Jaques Hospital ransomware attack.
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Kirsten Peremore: Dec 18, 2024 2:58:12 PM
The Data Transfer Project (DTP) is an open-source initiative facilitating data portability between online services. Through data portability, users...
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Attack surfaces are all the points where an unauthorized user can access a system and extract data. Cloudflare states, “It is essentially like all...
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The Office for Civil Rights (OCR) enforces the Privacy and Security Rules in several ways:
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An incident response plan (IRP) is a well-structured approach that outlines how an organization prepares for, detects, responds to, and recovers from...
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According to a study by Georgia State University, an Intrusion Detection System (IDS) is designed to monitor network traffic or system activities for...
