The HIPAA Journal

APRIL 27, 2025

HIPAA violation cases are compliance investigations that result from a data breach being notified to the Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) or a privacy complaint being submitted to OCR via the complaints portal. There are many different types of HIPAA violation cases.

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The HIPAA Journal

APRIL 23, 2024

Biggest Healthcare Data Breaches in March 2024 18 data breaches were reported in March that involved the protected health information of 10,000 or more individuals, all of which were hacking incidents. Geographical Distribution of Healthcare Data Breaches In March, data breaches were reported by HIPAA-regulated entities in 33 U.S.

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The HIPAA Journal

MARCH 28, 2025

of all data breaches in 2024 originated from third-party compromises, up 6.5% Cl0p is by far the most prolific threat actor in this category due to the mass exploitation of vulnerabilities in third-party file transfer solutions. According to a recent report from SecurityScorecard, at least 35.5%

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The HIPAA Journal

MAY 1, 2024

On May 1, 2024, the 2024 Verizon Data Breach Investigations Report ( DBIR ) was released, which this year involved an analysis of a record number of security incidents (30,458), and more than double the number of confirmed data breaches as last year (10,626). Top causes of non-erro, non-misuse data breaches.

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The HIPAA Journal

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

The use of ransomware in cyberattacks decreased slightly in the first half of the year; however, the severity of ransomware attacks increased according to the 2024 Cyber Claims Report: Mid-Year Update from cyber insurance and security service provider Coalition.

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The HIPAA Journal

MAY 9, 2025

A new report from a leading cyber insurance provider shows a slight decline in claims for ransomware attacks in 2024. The most common reasons for submitting claims against policies were financial transfer fraud and business email compromise (BEC) attacks, which accounted for 29.8% of claims, respectively.

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Valant

MAY 13, 2025

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