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HIPAA settlement highlights growing ransomware threat

On September 26, the Office for Civil Rights announced a $250,000 settlement with Cascade Eye and Skin Centers, P.C., following a ransomware attack that exposed approximately 291,000 files containing electronic protected health information. We sat down for a Q&A with Jonathan Steele, a cybersecurity consultant at Steele Fortress and practicing attorney at Beerman Law, who shares key lessons learned from the Cascade Eye and Skin Centers breach.

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