From: Security Intelligence
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Health Care Data Under Attack
In a prepared statement, Jocelyn Samuels, Director of the HHS Office for Civil Rights, said: “One of the biggest current threats to health information privacy is the serious compromise of the integrity and availability of data caused by malicious cyberattacks on electronic health information systems, such as through ransomware.”
Prevention and protection are essential, since paying cybercriminals doesn’t always guarantee getting your information back. Researchers have discovered a ransomware variant that just deletes your files even if you pay, Dark Reading reported.
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