Hackers want your medical record
Seattle Now
English - February 28, 2024 13:04 - 13 minutes - 13.6 MB - ★★★★★ - 575 ratingsDaily News News Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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Cyber attacks on healthcare organizations are getting much more common. In the past three months at least 13 healthcare providers with patients in Washington were hit by data breaches. It all comes down to how connected our medical records are to the internet.
Seattle Times Health Reporter Elise Takahama dug into why these attacks are becoming more common and how people can protect themselves.
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