Gerry and Steve discuss the penalty exacted on a Florida man who was responsible for opening a malicious email leading to a ransomware attack. They discuss UChicago’s and Google being sued for (maybe) improperly handling patient data. They wrap up discussing legislation going through Senate to help reduce financial penalties associated with HIPAA incidents depending on the organization’s cyber security posture.

As always they end with One Cool Thing.

Show Notes

Resources:

Florida Man Fired for Falling for Phish

https://www.zdnet.com/article/florida-city-fires-it-employee-after-paying-ransom-demand-last-week/

UChicago and Google sued

https://healthitsecurity.com/news/google-uchicago-medicine-sued-for-sharing-identifiable-patient-data

Senate provision to reduce healthcare costs and HIPAA fines

https://healthitsecurity.com/news/senate-help-proposes-incentivizing-healthcare-cybersecurity-adoption

One Cool Thing

DEEPFAKES A CRIME!

https://law.lis.virginia.gov/vacode/18.2-386.2

40th anniversary of the Sony Walkman

https://www.sony.net/united/walkman40th/ 

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