New research looks at exactly what kind of data hackers are going after when they attack hospitals
... [+]When hospitals have access to your electronic medical record, you get better care. Depending on what you’re admitted for, readily available digital health information could be the difference between life and death.
because a big-data-scale aggregate of detailed, sensitive health information is crucial for developing tomorrow's treatments and cures. “Our speculation is that maybe there's a perfect solution for this tradeoff,” says Xuefeng Jiang, lead author of a study out today in. The research looks at exactly what kind of data hackers are going after when they attack hospitals.
The study shows that out of the 168 million patients affected, 70% of the breaches impacting approximately 95% of patients were targeting demographic or financial information. Hackers picked up medical information exclusive of demographic or financial information in only 16% of the breaches affecting 6 million patients. Sensitive medical information was stolen in only 2% of breaches impacting 2.4 million patients.
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