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For physicians, hospitals, government agencies, and business associatesCryptoWall firsthand account – Mitigating ransomware attacks
Health care organizations are constantly challenged to invest adequate resources in IT technology and services. This inside account of a ransomware attack (CryptoWall) and one organization’s response to it sheds some light on the importance of implementing...
Medicaid Fraud in Ohio: HHS releases data for fiscal year 2013
HHS's Office of the Inspector General (OIG) released their annual report for the Fiscal Year 2013, which highlights statistical achievements from the Medicaid Fraud Control Unit investigations and prosecutions nationwide. Medicaid Fraud Control Units (MFCU)...
Indian Health Service fails OIG penetration test
In March, 2014 the OIG published details of a penetration test that they conducted on the Indian Health Service (IHS), to determine whether IHS network systems were susceptible to compromise by cyber attacks. In 2011, during a separate IT general controls audit of...
Major Computer Breach at Montana Public Health Department
A computer in Montana's Department of Public Health that stored large databases of employee and client personal information was accessed by unknown hacker (or hackers) through the Internet. The unauthorized intrusion was discovered earlier this month and the computer...
HHS uncovers nationwide Medicare Fraud schemes involving 27 doctors, other medical professionals
In what's being called a "nationwide takedown" by Medicare Fraud Strike Force operations, charges have been filed against 90 individuals who allegedly submitted over $260 Million in false claims to Medicare. The individuals charged with the fraud include 27 doctors,...
Data breach at eBay compromises 150 million user accounts
eBay has asked 150 million users worldwide to reset their passwords, after learning of a cyber-attack on a database including encrypted passwords and other user data. Initially, eBay provided few details about the actual attack, which is under investigation by the FBI...
Verizon 2014 Data Breach Investigations Report: Key Findings on Theft and Loss
Incidents of lost and stolen assets are amount the most common causes of data loss or exposure, as reported by data breach incidents analyzed in Verizon's 2014 Data Breach Investigations Report. This recent study collected data on over 63,000 confirmed security...
Several healthcare organizations are new target of tax fraud gang
A tax fraud gang appears to be targeting a large number of healthcare and senior living organizations that all use the same vendor for payroll and HR services. KrebsOnSecurity previously covered this gang's criminal activity in April, when they encountered a Web-based...
