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Data is the hottest commodity in town, particularly on the dark web. But there’s one type of file that hackers are most interested in: your medical data. Whereas a credit card number or Social Security number can net a criminal $1-$15 depending on the data type, medical records can sell for the equivalent of $60 each (in Bitcoin).
What’s more, the theft of these files isn’t uncommon. Despite U.S. healthcare organizations’ mandatory compliance with the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) Security Rule, healthcare topped the charts for the number of data breaches in 2018. And hackers don’t need to break in to get the data: over half the incidents reported were the product of internal threats, either errors or bad actors.
As the medical community becomes more and more reliant on internet-connected technology and generates record amounts of personal data,…

Posted by: Devin Morrissey