This summer, phishing attacks continued to hammer healthcare.
Florida: Compromised email accounts, at last count 73, were used to send a phish which led to a breach at NCH Healthcare.1
Ohio: Eye Care Associates was hit with ransomware. The regional eye care provider’s systems were locked for several weeks. 2
New York: In the biggest healthcare breach so far in 2019, American Medical Collection Agency was breached to the tune of 25 million patient records. While phishing hasn’t been positively identified as the culprit, it’s high on the suspect list.3
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Case Study: Getting Creative to Stop Attacks
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Sources
- HIPAA Journal, September 2, 2019
- Healthcare IT Security, August 15, 2019
- Ibid, July 23, 2019
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