HHS – Computer Security Articles

Beyond the usual arguments on this subject, we wanted to ask the question: Are there any security risks we need to be worried about if the United States were to switch to ‘Healthcare for All’ policies?

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Study: Ransomware, Data Breaches at Hospitals tied to Uptick in Fatal Heart Attacks

November 7, 2019 admin A Little Sunshine, department of health and human services, HHS, leo scanlon, owen graduate school of management, PBS, The Coming Storm, the new england journal of medicine, vanderbilt university, WannaCry

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Thu, 07 Nov 2019 19:48:03 +0000

Hospitals that have been hit by a data breach or ransomware attack can expect to see an increase in the death rate among heart patients in the following months or years because of cybersecurity remediation efforts, a new study posits. Health industry experts say the findings should prompt a larger review of how security — or the lack thereof — may be impacting patient outcomes.

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Further Down the Trello Rabbit Hole

June 6, 2018 admin A Little Sunshine, David Shear, Flashpoint, HHS, Maricopa County Department of Public Health, Michael Pryor, National Coordinator for Health Information Technology, Red Hat Linux, Seceon, Trello, Trello privacy settings

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Wed, 06 Jun 2018 14:45:13 +0000

Last month’s story about organizations exposing passwords and other sensitive data via collaborative online spaces at Trello.com only scratched the surface of the problem. A deeper dive suggests a large number of government agencies, marketing firms, healthcare organizations and IT support companies are publishing credentials via public Trello boards that quickly get indexed by the major search engines.