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A joint Alert from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) and the U.K.’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) warns of new cyber attacks targeting COVID-19-related information.

Notably, these attacks succeed when system users have weak or common passwords.  NCSC published frequently found passwords here, many of which are…

More and more often, health care data is stolen or made inaccessible by targeted ransomware attacks. The Office for Civil Rights (OCR) published a newsletter this week that provides warnings for HIPAA covered entities and business associates. It also provides practical tips to prevent and help you survive these attacks.

OCR’s warnings should resonate with…

The following post was contributed by our colleague Lucy Li.

HIPAA itself does not provide a private right of action. So when a hacker or rogue employee impermissibly accesses or interferes with electronic data or data systems containing protected health information, an employer subject to HIPAA cannot sue the perpetrator under HIPAA.  Similarly, when…