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
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Phishing for PHI
By Elizabeth G. Litten on

Two recently reported breaches of hospital data affecting thousands of patients highlight the prevalence, and apparent success, of phishing attacks. …
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Hacked Health Records Prized for their Black Market Value
By William Maruca on
I received a disturbing robo-call over the weekend informing me that someone had attempted to use my credit card number fraudulently in a retail store in the next county. When…
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