May 17, 2023 | Cyber Law, Data Breach
On May 9, the Department of Justice announced Joseph James O’Connor, a 23-year-old U.K. citizen, pleaded guilty in New York to his role in cyberstalking and multiple schemes that involve computer hacking, including the July 2020 hack of Twitter. O’Connor, aka...
Jan 4, 2023 | Cyber Law, Data Breach
On December 14, 2022, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”), the federal agency that manages the Medicare program, posted a press release related to a data breach suffered by a CMS subcontractor. According to the notice, on October 8, 2022, a CMS...
Aug 24, 2022 | Cyber Law, Data Breach
Chilivis Grubman recently discussed a data breach by OneTouchPoint, Inc., a business associate (“BA”) of several healthcare companies. One healthcare company (Aetna ACE) reported that the protected health information of 326,278 plan members was exposed because of the...
Jul 26, 2022 | Cyber Law, Data Breach, HIPAA
Cyber breaches, especially in the health care industry, continue to plague companies of all sizes. Chilivis Grubman attorneys routinely discuss cyber-related developments. In May 2022, CG attorneys discussed the ARcare data breach that potentially affected over...
Mar 24, 2022 | Data Breach, DOJ, Fraud Investigations
On March 18, the United States Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Georgia announced that Kevin Kirton, a computer consultant, had been sentenced to six years and nine months in prison and was ordered to pay restitution of over $600,000. Kirton pled guilty...
Mar 16, 2022 | Data Breach, Health Care
Protenus, a healthcare compliance analytics company that offers privacy monitoring and drug diversion surveillance technology, has become a reliable source for healthcare and privacy professionals. Since 2016, Protenus has published an annual report, the “Breach...
