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After Springhill: Assessing the Impact of Ransomware Lawsuits

eSecurity Planet

The legal complaint [PDF] notes that on July 9, 2019, the day it was hit by a ransomware attack, Springhill Memorial Hospital contended that the event had “not affected patient care.” ” Cyber Insurance No Longer Reliable. Also read: Cyber Insurers Pull Back Amid Increase in Cyber Attacks, Costs.

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The Week in Cyber Security and Data Privacy: 1 – 7 January 2024

IT Governance

At the end of each month, these incidents – and any others that we find – will be used to inform our monthly analysis of data breaches and cyber attacks. They accessed 41.5 million customers’ data having gained access via a vulnerability in Hathaway’s Laravel web application framework. Data breached: >10 million records.

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The Week in Cyber Security and Data Privacy: 13 – 19 November 2023

IT Governance

At the end of each month, these incidents – and any others that we find – will be used to inform our monthly analysis of data breaches and cyber attacks. An investigation found that there was unauthorised access to its network between 18 and 23 May 2023. Welcome to this week’s round-up of the biggest and most interesting news stories.

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Developments in Health Privacy and Cybersecurity Policy and Regulation: OCR Issues Cybersecurity Warnings and New Health Data Legislation Is Introduced

Data Matters

Department of Health and Human Service’s Office for Civil Rights (“OCR”) issued industry guidance for Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (“HIPAA”) regulated entities to take preventative steps to protect against some of the more common, and often successful, cyber-attack techniques. On March 17, 2022, the U.S.

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Regulatory Update: NAIC Fall 2018 National Meeting

Data Matters

The National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) held its Fall 2018 National Meeting (Fall Meeting) in San Francisco, California, from November 15 to 18, 2018. NAIC Continues its Evaluation of Insurers’ Use of Big Data. This post summarizes the highlights from this meeting.

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OCR Provides Insight into Enforcement Priorities and Breach Trends

HL Chronicle of Data Protection

Regulators, industry experts, and researchers provided insight into health privacy and security enforcement trends, emerging threats, and new tools at a recent conference focused on the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability (HIPAA) regulatory framework. OCR will take action to enforce the HIPAA Right of Access.

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Ransomware Protection in 2021

eSecurity Planet

” Or you might see a readme.txt stating, “Your files have been replaced by these encrypted containers and aren’t accessible; you will lose your files on [enter date] unless you pay $2500 in Bitcoin.” A cloud access security broker (CASB) can help manage policy enforcement for your organization’s cloud infrastructure.