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Federal Bureau of Investigation Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Cybersecurity

Morgan Lewis - Health Law Scan

HHS and FBI Release Joint Cybersecurity Advisory Statement for Healthcare Providers

Shortly after our prior blog post discussing the need for healthcare entities to shore up protections against phishing attacks, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)...more

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

CISA Issues Advisory on Black Basta Ransomware

On May 10, 2024, CISA, along with the FBI, HHS, and MS-ISAC, issued a joint Cybersecurity Advisory relating to Black Basta ransomware affiliates “that have targeted over 500 private industry and critical infrastructure...more

Jackson Lewis P.C.

AI, Phishing Attacks, Healthcare, and a $480,000 OCR Settlement under HIPAA

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Phishing has long been a favorite tactic for threat actors (hackers) to commence a cyberattack. The rapid expansion of more adaptable and available artificial intelligence (AI) technologies, such as natural language...more

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

Privacy Briefs: October 2023

Report on Patient Privacy 23, no. 10 (October, 2023) Kaiser Foundation Health Plan Inc. and Kaiser Foundation Hospitals will pay California $49 million to resolve allegations that they unlawfully disposed of hazardous waste,...more

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

Joint Advisory Outlines Attacks by Daixin Team

The Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency, the FBI and the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services released a Joint Advisory last week warning organizations, particularly those in the health care and public health...more

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

Report on Patient Privacy Volume 22, Number 6. Privacy Briefs: June 2022

Report on Patient Privacy 22, no. 6 (June, 2022) - A report from the HHS Health Sector Cybersecurity Coordination Center (HC3) found that in early 2022, ransomware groups increasingly turned to legitimate software during...more

Epstein Becker & Green

A Guide to Practical, Regulatory, and Reputational Risk Management

Ransomware Particularly Inflicts Health Care and Life Sciences Organizations - Ransomware is a malicious cyber threat vector that employs encryption malware to prevent users from accessing their systems and data unless...more

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

Report on Patient Privacy Volume 21, Number 4. Privacy Briefs: April 2021

Report on Patient Privacy 21, no. 4 (April 2021) - A Texas Medicaid subcontractor has been terminated after a data breach caused by a ransomware attack originating from Russia exposed the personal information of tens of...more

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

Cybersecurity agency issues alert for healthcare facilities

Compliance Today (January 2021) - The newly created Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency issued a joint alert with the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services regarding...more

Bass, Berry & Sims PLC

Ransomware Warning for Hospitals and Healthcare Providers

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The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), and the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) recently issued a Joint Cybersecurity Advisory in light of...more

Arnall Golden Gregory LLP

Warnings of Ransomware Activity Targeting the Healthcare Sector and Potential Sanctions for Making Ransomware Payments

CISA, FBI, & HHS Warn of Ransomware Activity Targeting the Healthcare Sector - On October 28, 2020, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), and the Department of...more

White & Case LLP

US Government Warns Healthcare Sector of Targeted Ransomware: Outlines Best Practices and Provides Technical Details of Attack

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On October 28, 2020, a coalition of US government entities consisting of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), and the Department of Health and Human Services...more

King & Spalding

Hospitals Facing New Ransomware Challenges

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Ransomware has risen to “worst nightmare” status for many organizations, particularly in the healthcare industry. While it has been lurking for many years, recently ransomware has emerged as one of the most virulent...more

Ward and Smith, P.A.

Increased Threat of Cybercrime in Health Care Industry

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The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) are aware of an increased cybersecurity threat to hospitals...more

Chambliss, Bahner & Stophel, P.C.

Health Care Organizations Should Be on Guard Against Heightened Ransomware Threats

This week the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), and the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) released a Joint Cybersecurity Advisory warning of...more

Harris Beach PLLC

Trickbot or Treat: Heightened Cybersecurity Threats Unfold in Real Time

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It’s Halloween week, and things are getting scary. Our post from earlier this week proved eerily prescient when the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the...more

White and Williams LLP

Federal Advisory Warns Hospitals Facing “Increased and Imminent” Cyber Threat; 400 Hospitals Already Targeted

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A Joint Cybersecurity Advisory (the Advisory) by the Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) has warned of an...more

BakerHostetler

CISA Updates Advisory on Large-Scale Impending and Credible Ransomware Threat to Healthcare to Include Additional IOCs

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On Oct. 28, a joint cybersecurity advisory was published by the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), the FBI and the Department of Health & Human Services. The advisory warned of an imminent cybercrime...more

Husch Blackwell LLP

Federal Government Raises Alarms Over Cyberattacks Against Hospitals

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The combination of a significant increase in COVID-19 cases, political tensions in the final days of a national election season, and law enforcement’s focus on election security created an opportunity for cybercriminals to...more

Dechert LLP

U.S. Warns of Increased Risk of Ransomware Attacks Targeting the Healthcare Industry

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On October 28, 2020, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), and the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) issued a joint cybersecurity advisory (the...more

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

Multiple Federal Agencies Jointly Warn of Increased and Imminent Cybercrime Threat to U.S. Hospitals and Healthcare Providers -...

On October 28, 2020, the Department of Homeland Security’s Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) issued a...more

Mintz - Health Care Viewpoints

US Health System Warned of Coordinated Ransomware Attacks

US hospitals and healthcare facilities struggling to maintain normal operations during the COVID-19 emergency, were warned this week by the federal Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Agency (CISA), the Federal Bureau of...more

Bilzin Sumberg

Joint Federal Agency Advisory Warns of Imminent Ransomware Threats to the Healthcare and Public Health Sector

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As if the recent uptick in national COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations were not enough to tax an already beleaguered health system, on October 28, 2020, three federal agencies issued a cybersecurity Joint Advisory warning of...more

BakerHostetler

Warning of Cybersecurity Threat to Healthcare Sector – Imminent Threat of Ransomware

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BakerHostetler is closely monitoring a Cybersecurity Advisory issued jointly by several government agencies including the United States Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the FBI, on October 28. ...more

Baker Donelson

FBI Warns Hospital and Health Care Providers are Under Attack

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A public cybersecurity advisory was issued yesterday about a likely ransomware attack against the health care and public health sector. The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), the Federal Bureau of...more

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