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Medical Transcriber’s Hack Breach Affects at Least 9 Million

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Nov

2023

The number of healthcare organizations and patients affected by a recent data theft at medical transcription firm Perry Johnson & Associates is expanding: The company now says the breach affected the sensitive information of about 9 million people. Nevada-based Perry Johnson & Associates, which does business as PJ&A, in a breach report filed on Nov. […]

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Feds Warn Healthcare Sector of ‘NoEscape’ RaaS Gang Threats

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Oct

2023

Federal authorities are warning the healthcare and public health sector of threats involving NoEscape, a relatively new multi-extortion ransomware-as-a-service group believed to be a successor to the defunct Russian-speaking Avaddon gang. Since emerging in May 2023, NoEscape is a “formidable adversary” has been targeting a variety of industries with “aggressive” multi-extortion attacks, warned the Department […]

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What’s Behind Disturbing Breach Trends in Healthcare?

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Aug

2023

While the volume of major health data breaches reported to regulators is declining, a disturbing trend is developing that reflects the vulnerability of critical third parties and the tenacity of cybercriminals, say John Delano, a vice president at healthcare entity Christus Health and Mike Hamilton, CISO and co-founder of security firm Critical Insight. “We have […]

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