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Phishing Scams Hook 2 Hospice Employees

Published on Fri Jul 20, 2018

Tighten up your employee training on HIPAA, or face potential embarrassment over even minor breaches. An example: “An unauthorized actor(s) gained access to two Alive Hospice employee email accounts” through phishing scams, the Nashville, Tennessee-based provider says in a breach notice on its website. An inquiry using third-party forensic investigators “determined the unauthorized activity began on or around December 20, [...]
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