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It is called cryptojacking and it’s the trend for the fall in the cyber world. Described as a form of cyber-attack aimed at mining cryptocurrency on behalf of the hacker, it is a growing concern for businesses that are considering a form of blockchain addition to their existing systems as a an added security measure.Read more

A recent post by Health Data Management’s Paul Caracciolo detailed why certain sites are targeted and what the consequences can be if the data is compromised. The reason being, he explained, is the lack of focus on security.  It sounds like the obvious reason, but it goes beyond that.  There is planning and execution thatRead more

We are still in the first few months of the year and multiple data breaches at hospitals and healthcare systems have been reported throughout the U.S. The alarming problem with these reports is that they are published in healthcare blogs after the fact rather than having been reported to the authorities by the hospitals atRead more

  In April 2016, we covered a short list of hospitals that underwent a cyber attack that not only put their patient data at risk, but also the care of their patients. Later added to the list, Anthem, Premera BlueCross, 21st Century Oncology, Radiology Regional Center, California Correctional Health Care Services, Mercy Health Partners, andRead more

The April edition of AHIMA Journal published an interesting article regarding ransomware attacks to hospitals and reported that the last known attack had been resolved internally by just paying the ransom to the attacking hackers. Often times internally resolving such conflicts is better off than reporting it and losing revenue in the down-time that itRead more