Japanese police claim China ran five-year cyberattack campaign targeting local orgs

‘MirrorFace’ group found ways to run malware in the Windows sandbox, which may be worrying Japan’s National Police Agency and Center of Incident Readiness and Strategy for Cybersecurity have confirmed third party reports of attacks on local orgs by pub… Continue reading Japanese police claim China ran five-year cyberattack campaign targeting local orgs

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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