Regulator: Ransomware Infections Likely Reportable Under HIPAA

In-brief: The Department of Health and Human Services issued guidance that declared most ransomware infections to be reportable under the Federal HIPAA patient privacy law. 

Ransomware infections have been plaguing the healthcare field for much of the last two years, as this blog and others have reported. But amidst all the reports of hospitals hamstrung by encrypted, clinical systems, there’s been precious little talk about whether such incidents are violations of patients’ privacy under the federal HIPPA legislation.[...] https://securityledger.com/2016/07/regulator-ransomware-infections-likely-reportable-under-hipaa/ via @securityledger