Feds Levy First-Ever HIPAA Fine for a Phishing Breach

Incident That Affected 35,000 Urgent Care Clinic Patients Results in $480K Fine
Weeks after the Department of Health and Human Services announced its first HIPAA enforcement action in a ransomware breach, federal regulators have reached another milestone: a $480,000 settlement in a HIPAA case centered for the first time ever on a phishing attack.

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