HHS Settles HIPAA Ransomware Cybersecurity Investigation with Guam Memorial Hospital Authority

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), through its Office for Civil Rights (OCR), has announced a settlement with the Guam Memorial Hospital Authority (GMHA) regarding a cybersecurity investigation related to ransomware and HIPAA compliance. The 2023 incident mentioned in the article refers to a ransomware attack, although specific details of this attack are not provided. The article also mentions a ransomware attack in 2019, which the DataBreaches site was not aware of. The actual impacts of these incidents are not detailed in the article.