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Andy Meek
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One of the bits of news that has been especially frustrating to watch in recent weeks is the spate of ransomware attacks and data breaches pulled off by utterly despicable hackers who've decided that healthcare-related operations represent juicy targets for their digital malfeasance.
Recent days have seen ransomware gangs attack Ireland's health care system, knock New Zealand hospitals offline, and hit institutions like Scripps Medical in San Diego with a ransomware attack. Not that hacks should necessarily be judged on some kind of sliding scale from evil to less evil, but the ones noted above are truly horrible because they potentially put lives at stake. Same with a new data breach, reported this month by Rehoboth McKinley Christian Health Care Services, a health care nonprofit with locations in Arizona and New Mexico which disclosed a data breach affecting about 200,000 people including both patients and employees.
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If you use this healthcare provider, your medical records might’ve been stolen in a data breach originally appeared on BGR.com on Wed, 26 May 2021 at 16:40:47 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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