by Erick R | Mar 22, 2021 | Cybersecurity
AspenPointe Inc., a mental health and substance abuse provider, was targeted by a healthcare hack. The healthcare hack, which allowed unauthorized access to their network, compromised the protected health information of 295,617 patients. AspenPointe Healthcare Hack...
by Jhe Paguio | Mar 13, 2021 | Cybersecurity, Telemedicine
On February 26, 2021, Summit Behavioral Healthcare, LLC announced that they had suffered an email healthcare breach. Summit discovered the email breach when they noticed suspicious activity in two employee email accounts. Upon investigation into the incident, it was...
by Rabab Asim | Dec 21, 2020 | Cybersecurity, HIPAA, Telemedicine
Before COVID, there weren’t many healthcare providers that offered telemedicine services. But as the need arose, many practices quickly adopted telemedicine as their new norm, and the HHS shifted to a policy of “discretionary enforcement” actions against...
by Rabab Asim | Dec 21, 2020 | Cybersecurity, Malware
Healthcare Data Breach Targets Mental Health Provider AspenPointe Inc., a mental health and substance abuse provider, was targeted by a healthcare data breach. The healthcare security breach, which allowed unauthorized access to their network, compromised the...
by Marlene Maheu, Ph. D | Nov 14, 2020 | Cybersecurity
Alert (AA20-302A) Ransomware Activity Targeting the Healthcare and Public Health Sector Alarming reports of cybercriminals targeting the healthcare sector with ransomware have caused widespread concern among healthcare providers. In a joint cybersecurity alert, the...
by Marlene Maheu, Ph. D | Oct 23, 2020 | Cybersecurity
Here’s a chilling thought: healthcare practitioners, as well as health insurance companies and other employers, routinely search through private and public sources for consumer-generated health data related to client and patient spending and streaming habits....
