Becker's Healthcare August 27, 2020
As the healthcare industry rises to the challenge of COVID-19, health systems data and patient records are under growing attack. Our industry has long been an attractive target for hackers—who can get $250 on the dark web for each stolen patient record, compared to $5.40 for a payment card and only 53 cents for a social security number. Now the pandemic has led to a precipitous rise in cyberattacks, ransomware, and malware, as everyone now relies on online services and digital interactions, including many less computer-savvy consumers. Coinciding with a greater number of new users, fraudsters are becoming more sophisticated. But blunt security measures that attempt to “lock down” medical records are rarely effective against clever cybercriminals, but they do...
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