The business of selling patient records

Publication: Dermatology Times

Criminals are after your patients’ medical records, plain and simple. The number of criminal cyberattacks reported by healthcare organizations jumped to 40% in 2013 from 20% in 2009, according to an annual survey by the Ponemon Institute. Whether it’s an ex-employee with a grudge, a crime ring defrauding the government, or a nation state hacking a giant enterprise, these criminals see big profits in the health data residing on your organization’s computers.