by HIPAAgps | Sep 27, 2018 | HIPAA News
Central Colorado Dermatology (CCD) recently provided a notice on their site to patients that a ransomware attack had affected CCD systems. On June 5, 2018, CCD discovered a ransomware attack that affected certain files of faxed communications that were stored on CCD’s...
by HIPAAgps | Jul 12, 2018 | HIPAA News
As you may recall from a previous HIPAAgps post, ransomware attacks can devastate a health care company’s reputation and finances. You may not think that this applies to you because your company has a seemingly impenetrable firewall, but these computer bugs infiltrate...
by HIPAAgps | Jun 7, 2018 | HIPAA News
Cyber insurance claims are on the rise and ransomware attacks top the charts according to a recent report from the American International Group (AIG). The 2017 Cyber Insurance Claim Statistics published by AIG, a global insurance organization, found that ransomware...
by HIPAAgps | Feb 22, 2018 | HIPAA News
The end of January brought the most recent Office for Civil Rights (OCR) Newsletter, specifically dealing with cyber extortion after ransomware attacks. The OCR outlines cyber extortion as involving cybercriminals demanding money to stop or delay their “malicious...
by HIPAAgps | Dec 7, 2017 | HIPAA News
A small Missouri Clinic payed a ransom demand after a ransomware attack in August affected a file server and backups. Namaste Health Care in Ashland, Missouri notified close to 1,600 patients about a ransomware incident that occurred in August 2017. As soon as the...
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