HHS Office for Civil Rights Settles 9th Ransomware Investigation with Virtual Private Network Solutions

HHS OCR announced another settlement that is their ninth ransomware investigation and their third settlement as part of their Risk Analysis Initiative. This one stems from a breach by VPN Solutions that was previously reported on this site: Today, the … Continue reading HHS Office for Civil Rights Settles 9th Ransomware Investigation with Virtual Private Network Solutions

HHS Office for Civil Rights Settles HIPAA Security Rule Investigation with USR Holdings, LLC Concerning the Deletion of Electronic Protected Health Information

Note: In 2019, when USR Holdings disclosed this breach to affected patients, they did not mention that ePHI had been deleted. So in 2025, we are first learning of this part of the breach?  The following is HHS OCR’s press release today.  Settleme… Continue reading HHS Office for Civil Rights Settles HIPAA Security Rule Investigation with USR Holdings, LLC Concerning the Deletion of Electronic Protected Health Information

Microsoft Rolls Back Its Bing Image Creator Model After Users Complain of Degraded Quality

Microsoft temporarily rolled back its Bing Image Creator upgrade from OpenAI’s DALL-E 3 PR16 to the previous PR13 version after users reported degraded image quality, including cartoonish and “lifeless” results. TechCrunch reports: Ahead of the holiday… Continue reading Microsoft Rolls Back Its Bing Image Creator Model After Users Complain of Degraded Quality

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