Medical firm reaches $100,000 settlement with HHS over 2017 ransomware attack

A Massachusetts-based medical management company has agreed to a $100,000 settlement with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services following a 2017 ransomware attack. The company, Doctors’ Management Services — which provides medical billing and payer credentialing services — was attacked by the now-defunct GandCrab ransomware gang in April 2017, but the intrusion was

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