⚠️ Willis-Knighton Medical Center settles lawsuit over online tracking on patient portal 🖥️ Eligible users from 2018-2023 may receive cash + identity protection 📆 Claim deadline: Dec 18, 2025 ⏳ Final court hearing: Jan 22, 2026
#Privacy #HIPAA #Healthcare #Compliance #DataProtection Read more 👉
https://www.netsec.news/willis-knighton-medical-center-tracking-technology-lawsuit/🌐 Breaking: US, UK, and Australia sanction Russian hosting provider Zservers for enabling LockBit ransomware attacks ⚖️
#Cybersecurity #Ransomware https://www.netsec.news/zservers-helping-lockbit-ransomware/
Zservers Sanctioned for Helping LockBit Ransomware Attacks - NetSec.News
Recently, the United States, Australia, and the United Kingdom talked about activities in continuing initiatives to break up the operation of the LockBit ransomware group, ... Read more
🏛️ Breaking: House Republicans form working group to craft federal privacy legislation ⚖️ Goal: replace patchwork of state laws
#DataPrivacy #Legislation https://www.netsec.news/republicans-federal-data-privacy-legislation/
Republicans Create a Working Group to Establish Federal Data Privacy Legislation - NetSec.News
House Republicans have created a working group to write privacy laws that will establish federal privacy standards to change the present patchwork of state regulations. ... Read more
🔐 Major blow to
#ransomware operators:
#8Base group that conducted 1,000+ attacks dismantled by international taskforce
#CyberSecurity #DataProtection https://www.netsec.news/8base-ransomware-group-taken-down/
8Base Ransomware Group Taken Down by Law Enforcement Operation - NetSec.News
A global law enforcement action, Operation Phobos Aetor, has stopped the 8Base ransomware group’s threat and data leak sites. Two men and two women were ... Read more
🏥 Breaking: Hospital Sisters Health System confirms 883K affected in 2023 cyberattack. 🚨 System outages + unauthorized access reported
#DataProtection #healthcare #CyberSecurity #DataBreach https://www.netsec.news/hospital-sisters-health-system-data-breach/
883K Individuals Affected by Hospital Sisters Health System 2023 Data Breach - NetSec.News
Prevea Health in Green Bay, WI, and Hospital Sisters Health System (HSHS) in Springfield, IL suffered a cyberattack that triggered a system outage on August ... Read more
🏥 Doctor gets prison time for viewing ex-partners' medical records + sharing patient photos. License revoked
#HIPAA #Privacy #healthcare https://www.netsec.news/iowa-doctor-hipaa-violation/
Iowa Doctor Imprisoned for HIPAA Violation - NetSec.News
Iowa doctor Dr. Gabriel Alejandro Hernandez-Roman is now imprisoned because of HIPAA violation. Allegedly, the doctor viewed the health records of present and past romantic ... Read more
🔓 Patient data compromised in SkinCure Oncology email account breach. 🏥 Enhance email security to protect sensitive information.
#DataBreach #CyberSecurity #Healthcare https://www.netsec.news/skincure-oncology-email-account-breach/
SkinCure Oncology Email Account Breach - NetSec.News
SkinCure Oncology in Burr Ridge, IL has informed 13,434 individuals regarding an email attack that happened in June 2023. SkinCure Oncology has sent personal notifications to patients who had their protected health information (PHI) compromised because of an email breach. Based on the substitute breach notice, it was confirmed by the investigation that an unauthorized […]
⚖️ New court ruling updates OCR's website tracking technology guidance. 🔒 Protect patient privacy and comply with HIPAA.
#DataProtection #Healthcare #Compliance https://www.netsec.news/court-ruling-changes-ocrs-website-tracking-technology-guidance/
Court Ruling Changes OCR’s Website Tracking Technology Guidance - NetSec.News
A Texas federal judge made a decision that the guidance set by the HHS’ Office for Civil Rights about website tracking technologies was illegal, stating that OCR went beyond its authority when it released the guidance. According to the judge, metadata obtained from an unauthenticated website is not considered individually identifiable health information if combined […]
⚠️ Snowflake platform hit by a cyberattack, exposing data vulnerabilities. 🔒 Prioritize robust cybersecurity for cloud services.
#CyberSecurity #CloudSecurity #DataBreach https://www.netsec.news/cyber-attack-on-the-snowflake-platform/
Cyber Attack on the Snowflake Platform - NetSec.News
A financially driven threat actor monitored as UNC5537 is executing a cyber attack on Snowflake client databases. About 165 Snowflake clients are believed to have been impacted. Snowflake is a multi-cloud data storage platform that clients use for storing and analyzing large amounts of structured and unstructured information. Based on Google’s cybersecurity company Mandiant, the […]
UHG Required to Send Breach Notifications Involving Change Healthcare Not Later Than June 21, 2024 - NetSec.News
On June 7, 2024, Senators Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) and Maggie Hassan (D-NH) sent a letter to UnitedHealth Group CEO Andrew Witty telling him to issue the notifications involving the ransomware attack on Change Healthcare on February 21, 2024. Affected individuals need to know about the ransomware attack promptly. The Office for Civil Rights (OCR) revised […]
