The state of Virginia might be the next state to enact a privacy law. Senate Bill No. 1392 recently passed the Senate and is likely on its way to Governor Ralph Northam’s desk. The bill adds the Consumer Data Protection Act to the Virginia Code and includes definitions of biometric data, precise geolocation data, profiling,
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Health Care Organizations Saw an 89% Increase in Ransomware in 2017
By Linn Foster Freedman on
Posted in Cybersecurity
Our experience last year is consistent with the conclusion of a new report issued by Cryptonite in its 2017 Health Care Cyber Research Report—that the number of hacking events targeted at health care entities involving ransomware increased a whopping 89% from 2016.
The report analyzed the self-reporting database of the Office for Civil Rights…