2023 Follow-Up HIPAA 
The HIPAA Journal
MAY 2, 2023
Thursday, May 4, 2023, is World Password Day. How Long Does it Take a Hacker to Brute Force a Password in 2023. It is common for users to avoid creating unique passwords and they end up reusing the same password for multiple accounts. We recommend a minimum password length of 14 characters. Source: Hive Systems.
The HIPAA Journal
MAY 2, 2024
Data Breach Insights Healthcare accounted for 28% of data breach incidents, followed by finance and insurance (17%), business and professional services (15%), and education (13%). The biggest known root cause of all incidents was the exploitation of unpatched vulnerabilities (23% of incidents) followed by phishing (20%).
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The HIPAA Journal
MAY 6, 2024
Continuum identified unauthorized activity within its network on October 19, 2023, and after taking steps to secure its systems, third-party cybersecurity specialists were engaged to identify the suspicious activity.
The HIPAA Journal
MAY 1, 2024
Credential theft was the most common method of breaching networks and was the initial access vector in 38% of all data breaches, followed by phishing (15%). While ransomware groups were a major threat in 2023 and were behind some of 2023’s largest data breaches, there was a slight decline in attacks year-over-year.
The HIPAA Journal
OCTOBER 29, 2024
When diagnoses are reported only using enrollees’ HRAs and HRA-linked chart reviews and there are no follow-up visits, procedures, or tests, HHS-OIG is concerned that the diagnoses may be inaccurate and therefore the payments made by the CMS may be improper. In fiscal year 2023, the CMS identified $12.7
The HIPAA Journal
NOVEMBER 7, 2024
Ransomware attacks were amongst the most expensive cyberattacks, with average losses of $353,000 per incident, up from average losses of $239,000 in H2, 2023 but down from an average loss of $402,000 in H1, 2023. Other incidents accounted for 23% of claims, down 10% from H2, 2023. Users of FortioOS SSL VPNs were 2.8
The HIPAA Journal
MARCH 29, 2024
Department of State has confirmed that there is a reward of up to $10 million for information leading to the identification or location of any individual linked to the ALPHV/Blackcat ransomware group, their affiliates, or links to a foreign government under the Rewards for Justice (RFJ) program.
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