CHS/Community Health Systems to Pay $5M for Data Breach
The settlement is over a 2014 data breach that affected approximately 6.1 million patients in 28 states.
The settlement is over a 2014 data breach that affected approximately 6.1 million patients in 28 states.
The company said the ransomware attack has forced its facilities to revert to using offline processes and documentation methods.
The release of information is an escalation in tactics by hackers taking advantage of school districts relying on distance learning during the pandemic.
The coronavirus and current political turmoil have led to an increasing number of cyber attacks. Campuses must immediately take more precautions.
The average cost for a healthcare data breach is 84% more than the global average.
The letter is a part of a new effort by Fight for the Future, the digital rights group behind BanFacialRecognition.com that will specifically focus on K-12 schools.
One out of five data breaches was due to an attacker using previously exposed employee credentials, and misconfigured cloud networks were used by attackers nearly 20% of the time.
The students and staff members who were possibly impacted by the ransomware attack were notified back in June.
Due to COVID-19, organizations are shifting business-critical applications to hybrid-cloud environments, which is increasing the attack surface.
The Netwalker ransomware gang originally demanded $3 million, but the payment was negotiated down by a UCSF official.
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