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Cyber Attacks Patient Confidentiality Breaches

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

Privacy Briefs: March 2024

Research from Guidepoint Security found that 2023 saw an 80% increase in ransomware activity year-over-year, driven in part by multiple mass exploitation campaigns impacting hundreds of organizations. In total, the report...more

Obermayer Rebmann Maxwell & Hippel LLP

Beware of the Man-In-The-Middle: Malicious Eavesdroppers on the Internet

Imagine this: Dr. Primary is treating Patty Patient for substance abuse and emails Patty Patient’s protected health information (PHI) to a treatment clinic. Before the email arrives at the clinic, it is intercepted by a third...more

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

UCLA suffers another data breach

Last week, UCLA notified 1242 patients that their health information may have been compromised in July when a faculty member’s laptop was stolen. UCLA has notified the patients, the Office for Civil Rights and the California...more

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