Fake Check Scam

Mar 13, 2019 | HSN, Scams

Being scammed can happen so easily today, but when you make it about a topic that many people can let their guard down with, the scam can happen much easier.  What topic is that? We’re talking about money. Fake check scams have been around for quite some time,...

45,000 Patients Impacted by Breach Caused by Third-Party Vendor

Mar 11, 2019 | Business Associate, HIPAA Violations, HSN

Rush University Medical Center is feeling the impact of a breach they themselves did not cause. A third-party vendor is responsible for compromised personal information of 45,000 patients of Rush Medical. The breach was caused by an employee of the claims processing...

Nearly 974,000 UW Medicine Patients’ Medical Records Exposed

Mar 4, 2019 | HSN

The University of Washington Medicine is notifying approximately 974,000 patients of a data breach that occurred in December, which left some of the patients’ information exposed on the Internet. The breach occurred over a 3-week period and was determined to be the...

When a Healthcare Breach Lands You on the Wall of Shame

Feb 25, 2019 | HIPAA Violations, HSN

Healthcare breaches are incredibly difficult for organizations to deal with. Repercussions of a data breach vary greatly depending on what caused the breach to begin with. For example, there’s the struggle of getting your organization back up and running, determining...

Research Suggests Employees Remain the Weak Links in Security

Feb 22, 2019 | HSN

We’ve known that employees are the weak link in security. In fact, we have been cautioning organizations for quite some time regarding the risks their employees pose when not properly trained. Despite heightened awareness of these risks, recent research from Microsoft...

Sextortion Scam

Feb 22, 2019 | HSN, Scams

You get an email or text from what seems to be a legitimate email or phone number.  Then you read the message: “Send bitcoin right away or else I am sending compromising photos or information to your friends and family.” If you’ve received this type of email, you’ve...