Author Archives: Protenus
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09.28.2016
The Dark Overlord made headlines earlier this year by advertising the availability of 9.2 million US hospital records on the Dark Web and selling them for 730 bitcoin, which is more than $450,000. Just a few weeks ago, Fancy Bear, a Russian cyber espionage group, exposed medical records of top olympians, revealing that they had received exemptions...
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09.20.2016
A new Breach Barometer Special Report: Third Party Breaches published by Databreaches.net in collaboration with Protenus highlights that more than 30 percent of patient data breaches are a direct result of third-parties. Community physicians, affiliates, and certain vendors often have extensive access to patient data in the electronic health...
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09.15.2016
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09.14.2016
The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) Security Rule, went into effect on February 20, 2003. The Rule, as we all know, is about protecting patient privacy and preventing medical data breaches. It lays out the minimum standards a healthcare organization must meet in order to guard the electronic protected health information...
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Blog
09.14.2016
Headlines about data breaches are all too common recently, with large companies like Target and Home Depot experiencing large-scale data breaches. The healthcare industry was hit particularly hard in the past few years, with organizations like Anthem Inc. and St. Joseph Health System, to name but two, suffering massive health data breaches.
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