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HHS Releases HPH Sector Cybersecurity Framework Implementation Guide to Help Healthcare Organizations Leverage NIST Cybersecurity Framework

On March 8, 2023, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) released its HPH Sector Cybersecurity Framework Implementation Guide (the Guide) to help healthcare organizations leverage the NIST Cybersecurity Framework. This Guide is not only a must-read for all healthcare “covered entities,” especially small and midsize organizations, but it is excellent advice for…

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Healthcare Providers – Are You Prepared for Hackers to Tell Your Patients About Your Ransomware and Data Breach?

If you are a healthcare provider, you need to prepare yourself now for the new reality that, when hackers get into your network, they will contact your patients to put pressure on you to pay their ransom demands — usually after they have encrypted your network. Here is an example from a recent case that…

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Allscripts EHR Ransomware Attack is Huge–How Will it Impact Healthcare Practices?

See recommendations below On January 19, 2018, cybercriminals were successful in a ransomware attack on Allscripts, an electronic healthcare record (EHR) provider for healthcare providers across the United States. The attack encrypted some of Allscripts systems and prevented those healthcare providers who use those systems for their EHRs from being able to access their patient records. Not…

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WHAT DOES CFAA MEAN AND WHY SHOULD I CARE? A PRIMER ON THE COMPUTER FRAUD AND ABUSE ACT FOR CIVIL LITIGATORS

[Originally published in Volume 63, No. 1, Autumn 2011 issue of the South Carolina Law Review] “Every battle is won before it is ever fought.”[1] I…. Introduction II… Litigation Attorneys Must Understand the Need to be Prepared for the Computer Fraud Issues Their Clients Will Face “Everything has a computer in it nowadays.” Fraud—What is…

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3rd Annual Health Care Cyber Security Symposium

The North Texas Crime Commission, Cyber Crime Committee and the Honorable Sharen Wilson, Tarrant County Criminal District Attorney proudly present the 3rd Annual Health Care Cyber Security Symposium on Friday, March 31, 2017 from 8:00 am to 3:30 pm at the University of North Texas – Health Sciences Center in Fort Worth, Texas. Tickets start…

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Are Smaller Healthcare Practices Required to Report a #Ransomware or Potential Data Breach?

Does the HIPAA Breach Notification Rule apply to all Covered Entities and Business Associates, Even Smaller Ones? To many of you reading this post this question seems ridiculous. You know the answer. However, I get asked this question so frequently that I decided to answer it with a blog post to save time next time…

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Why is Healthcare Data So Valuable to Cyber Criminals?

Healthcare data is one of the most desirable forms of data for cyber criminals to steal because its value on the cyber black market — the Dark Web — is much higher than most other forms of data. While there are several reasons for this, the recent study Your Life, Repackaged and Resold: The Deep…

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Cybersecurity and #IoT – Hackers Steal Over 100 Cars With a Laptop

We have been talking about hacking cars on this blog since 2011 (see posts) so the idea of thieves stealing a car by hacking their way into its computer system is no big surprise. This is the reality of cybersecurity in the era of the Internet of Things (IoT), and cars are just one more…

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Former Cardinals exec sentenced to prison for hacking Astros

HOUSTON (AP) — A federal judge sentenced the former scouting director of the St. Louis Cardinals to nearly four years in prison Monday for hacking the Houston Astros’ player personnel database and email system in an unusual case of high-tech cheating involving two Major League Baseball clubs. Source: Former Cardinals exec sentenced to prison for…

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Be Careful of Commentary on 7th Cir.’s Fidlar Tech CFAA “Intent to Defraud”Case

I have read several blog posts that are stating, as a blanket proposition, that you must prove intent to defraud for CFAA claims. This, they say, comes from the recent Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals case, Fidlar Technologies v. LPS Real Estate Data Solutions, Inc., 2016 WL 258632 (7th Cir. Jan. 21, 2016) (opinion). This is…

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