This appeared last week: ‘Pay up or we destroy your patients’ health records’: Cyber criminals hit hospitalsELECTRONIC health records have become a prime target for cyber criminals seeking to steal people’s identities, a new report has warned. Sue Dunlevy News Corp Australia NetworkApril 27, 20172:13pmCRIMINAL gangs are illegally accessing health records to steal people’s identity, a major new report on electronic data breaches reveals.And cyber criminals have threatened to shut down busy hospitals by encrypting every patient’s electronic record so they can’t be accessed by doctors or nursing staff.The cyberattacks create chaos when doctors can’t get hold of critical information in the middle of surgery and have brought every aspect of hospital operations to a halt.Access to the medical records is only reinstated when the hospital agrees to pay a seven figure ransom.The scams have come to light after global technology and communication company Verizon released its latest global...
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