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Healthcare – Patient or Perpetrator? – The Cybercriminals Within

Security Affairs

The healthcare industry might be known for the work it does to treat patients. With copious amounts of data collected by healthcare facilities, cybercriminals often target such entities. Moreover, the healthcare industry collects unique data, known as Protected Health Information (PHI), which is extremely valuable.

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Kaiser Permanente Discloses Data Breach Impacting 13.4 Million People

SecureWorld News

While Kaiser has not provided many specifics about the nature of the cybersecurity incident, the company stated that the compromised data included individuals' names, addresses, email addresses, and may have also included medical information and health record numbers depending on the person. in terms of the number of people impacted.

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COVID-19 Vaccination Management Problems Have Created a Privacy Nightmare For Americans – Even Without Vaccine Passports

Joseph Steinberg

It is also not uncommon for firms in the healthcare vertical to symbiotically share various types of information with one another; private healthcare-related data is also almost always shared during the M&A process – even before deals have closed.

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Best Fraud Management Systems & Detection Tools in 2022

eSecurity Planet

The healthcare industry is a similarly high-value target thanks to the incredibly sensitive personal details they keep on patients and customers. According to a report by the United States Sentencing Commission, the median loss of healthcare fraud in 2021 was over $1 million per infraction. Though powerful, the system isn’t perfect.

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Spam and phishing in 2022

SecureList

Scammers abused legitimate survey services by creating polls in the name of various organization to profit from victims’ personal, including sensitive, data. In another COVID-themed scheme, the con artists introduced themselves as the Direct Relief charity, which helps to improve the quality of life and healthcare in poorer regions.