by Gary Pritts | Apr 21, 2016 | General News, Health Information Technology
Ransomware is a type of malware that quickly encrypts the files of the host computer system, rendering them unusable, and then displays a message demanding a ransom within a short period of time. If the ransom is paid, the victim may receive a decryption key to... Read More
by Gary Pritts | Aug 23, 2014 | General News, HIPAA
Community Health Systems announced on Monday that outside hackers gained access to their network and stole the non-medical, personal information of 4.5 million patients. The data included names, addresses, birth dates, telephone numbers and Social Security numbers—all... Read More
by Gary Pritts | Aug 21, 2014 | General News, HIPAA
Since the initial report of the Community Health Solutions breach, in which attackers hacked into the CHS network to gain personal data of a whopping 4.5 million patients, details of the hack are emerging. According to security firm TrustedSec, owned by David Kennedy,... Read More
by Gary Pritts | Aug 19, 2014 | HIPAA
We’ve blogged previously about a nasty piece of ransomware called CryptoLocker, which gives its victims a difficult choice: Either pay the “ransom” ($400, although other variants may have different fees) to re-gain access to your files or lose your valuable data... Read More
by Gary Pritts | Aug 14, 2014 | HIPAA
An August 5th report from Hold Security, a private security firm in Milwaukee, alleged that a Russian gang of hackers stole the personal data of more than half a billion people. Experts at Hold Security estimate that 420,000 web and FTP sites were accessed by the... Read More
