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Archive: October 2021

Weekly Breach Deets - ReproSource Ransomware
Monthly Breach Deets - ReproSource Ransomware

For this week's Breach Deets, ReproSource Diagnostics in Massachusetts experienced a ransomware attack and hackers gained access to its operating systems. The security breach happened on August 8, 2021 and the ransomware attack was discovered on August 10, 2021. According to HIPAA Journal, a total of 350,000 patients had been affected. This...

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ransomware

How We Saved One Dealership Group $500,000 On Their IT Needs
How We Saved One Dealership Group $500,000 On Their IT Needs

Dealerships face all kinds of expenses just to maintain their basic needs. You need to pay your employees, purchase inventory, make sure you have enough office space; the list goes on and on. In today’s business world, having a solid IT infrastructure is critical to the success of any dealership. And the reality is that having the right IT services...

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Auto Dealership Group, dealership, Managed IT Services

Weekly Breach Deets - UF Health Central Florida Ransomware
Monthly Breach Deets - UF Health Central Florida Ransomware

For this week's Breach Deets, UF Health Central in Florida experienced a cyber-attack that led to a PHI breach. According to HIPAA Journal, the breach affected 700,981 individuals when hackers first accessed their system's network. It was later determined ransomware was involved and the attackers demanded $5 million in ransom. It contained...

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cyberattack, ransomware

Top Tips
“Don't Forget List” for Every Business During the Pandemic

We’re still here. We’ve been here pre-COVID-19, during COVID-19 and eventually post-COVID-19 while also starting to live a little more normally, pre-Delta Variant, during the thick of Delta Variant and soon after. Do you see a theme? This is knowingly a scary time during this pandemic, but what doesn’t have to be is your dedicated...

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pandemic resources

Weekly Breach Deets - Revere Health Phishing Attack
Monthly Breach Deets - Revere Health Phishing Attack

For this week’s breach, according to HIPAA News, Revere Health experienced a phishing attack when a user accessed the company's network system. This breach happened through an impersonation of an agency's email and was followed by a simple click from an employee in their email.  A total of 12,000...

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Phishing Attack

It's Time to Get Intentional with the Patient Experience
It's Time to Get Intentional with the Patient Experience

We hope you were able to take away some good information to your team in the first part of our blog series about asking for feedback and how it directly correlates with increasing revenue. Now, it's time to dive into getting intentional with the patient experience. Communicate Core Services and Humanize Your Brand Now, more than ever, it is...

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Lindy Tentinger, patient experience

She Should Be Cloned - Jade Richards
She Should Be Cloned - Jade Richards

Our President, Lindy Tentinger, was very excited to announce Jade Richards as the VGM Forbin Employee Spotlight for the month of August 2021! Jade is a truly dependable team member and is always putting the customer first in her role at Forbin. We cannot thank her enough! Jade works on our most custom projects, including the new e-commerce subscription...

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Employee Spotlight, Forbin Spotlight

Weekly Breach Deets - Horizon House, Inc. Data Breach
Monthly Breach Deets - Horizon House, Inc. Data Breach

For this week's breach, Horizon House, Inc., a provider of mental health and residential treatment services experienced an attack on their IT systems. According to HIIPAA Journal, a total of 27,823 patients of Horizon House, in Philadelphia, had been potentially affected. This cost Horizon House an estimated $2,934,023,...

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data breach