The new favorite target for hackers? Hospitals. And that's comforting news in the war against cyber crime, said no one ever.
Researchers at the security firm Websense tell the MIT Technology Review that cyber attacks on hospitals have risen 600% in the last 10 months.
Much of that increase can be traced back to the cyber attack on Community Health Systems, where military-run Chinese hackers stole 4.5 million non-medical data records from 206 hospitals in 29 states. Filing a report with the SEC on Aug 18, the healthcare company acknowledged that the breaches occured in April and June.
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