Health IT Security December 2, 2021
Small to mid-size organizations and outpatient facilities continue to be targets for healthcare cyberattacks that often lead to PHI exposure.
– Healthcare cyberattacks continue to plague small and mid-size organizations and outpatient facilities as larger health systems implement safeguards that make attacks more challenging.
Trends on the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) data breach portal show a multitude of cyberattacks on smaller healthcare organizations that may not have the resources to effectively fight back.
Recently discovered cyber incidents include a ransomware attack on a Pennsylvania primary care clinic and data exfiltration and encryption at a family of neuromonitoring practices.
PENNSYLVANIA PRIMARY CARE CLINIC HIT WITH RANSOMWARE
Pennsylvania-based TriValley Primary Care began notifying an undisclosed...