It Looks Like The Threat To Health Information Is Rising By The Year. Be Careful Out There!

This appeared last week:Thursday, 22 August 2019 00:02 Warning: Cybercriminals pose threat to Australian, world ’s healthcare systems By Peter Dinham Australian and the world ’s healthcare systems face a range of security threats due to malicious activity as cybercriminals attempt to access sensitive information stored in the systems.The warnings on the vulnerability of healthcare systems to criminal activity come from global security firm FireEye in a report just rele ased.According to FireEye the healthcare vertical in Australia, and worldwide, faces a range of threat actors and malicious activity as, in some cases, criminals seek to monetise personally identifiable information (PII) and protected health information (PHI).On security incidents occurring in healt hcare sectors FireEye reports that between Oct. 1, 2018 and March 31, 2019, its Threat Intelligence systems observed multiple healthcare-associated databases for sale on underground forums, many for under $2000.“Actors... This is the initial part of the post - read more by clicking on the title of the article. David.
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