Cybersecurity Updates
- Anne Arundel Medical Center/Luminis Health of Maryland notified an unknown number of patients that their PHI was exposed after email phishing attack.
- South Georgia Medical Center of Valdosta, Georgia announced that a former employee was arrested for stealing PHI that affected an unknown number of patients.
- The International Committee of the Red Cross, headquartered in Switzerland, notified an unknown number of donors that their PHI was exposed after ransomware attack.
- Entira Family Clinics of St. Paul, MN, notified 199,628 patients that their PHI was exposed after cyberattack.
- Cynerio Security published results of survey that found that 50% of IoT (internet of things) devices (which includes printers and MFPs) in hospitals are currently vulnerable to cyberattack.
- Analyzed over 10 million devices at over 300 hospitals
- 73.9% of healthcare breaches in 2021 stemmed from hacking
- Based on data published by the federal Department of Health and Human Services\
- Ravkoo of Auburndale, Florida, provider of digital pharmacy and health apps, notified 105,000 patients that their PHI was exposed after ransomware attack.
- Millennium Eye Care of Freehold, NJ, notified an unknown number of patients that their PHI was exposed after ransomware attack.
- Anthem Insurance notified 2,003 customers that their PHI was exposed after cyber attack.
- The City of Tenino, WA announced it lost $280,309 due to email phishing attack.
- Marietta Area Health Care Inc., aka Memorial Health System of Ohio, notified 216,476 patients that their PHI was exposed after ransomware attack.
- All Olympic athletes planning on going to China for Winter Olympic Games are being warned to use burner cell phones and rental laptop computers, due to risk of cyber intrusion from hackers in China.
- Practolytics Software, maker of revenue cycle management solutions, notified 1,107 patients that their PHI was exposed after cyberattack.
- Global damage caused by cybercrime reached $6 trillion during 2021 – AGCS Insurance report