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Building on its momentum from the start of the year, Paubox continues to lead in the G2 Summer 2023 Report.
Why it matters: Paubox earned 156 G2 badges from the Summer 2023 report and ranked #1 in categories like email encryption, email security and HIPAA compliant messaging.
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Security guards from Yakima Valley Memorial Hospital in Washington accessed the medical records of 419 individuals which resulted in a $240,000 settlement.
What they're saying: Health care organizations must ensure that workforce members can only access the patient information needed to do their jobs," said OCR Director Melanie Fontes Rainer.
Hospital will be monitored for two years
St. Margaret’s Health, Illinois, announced they were permanently closing amid financial troubles caused in part by a ransomware attack.
What happened: The attack occurred in 2021, halting the hospital’s ability to submit claims to insurers, Medicaid, or Medicare for months.
Critical systems were down for more than 14 weeks
Group-IB reported the discovery of over 100,000 compromised ChatGPT account credentials on dark web marketplaces.
Why it matters: Employees often use ChatGPT to optimize proprietary code or enter classified correspondences. If threat actors access these account credentials, they could access a wealth of sensitive intelligence.
The Vanderbilt University Medical Center's handover of transgender patient records to the TN Attorney General's Office has sparked a debate on privacy and the application of HIPAA.
What they're saying: "The investigation is focused solely on VUMC and certain related providers, not patients, as VUMC is well aware," said Brandon Smith, chief of staff to the Attorney General.
An ongoing debate over patient privacy