Phishing is a type of cyberattack using email to trick someone into divulging personal information, including passwords. Health care phishing is growing because of the value of health care data coupled with the fact that everyone in a medical practice has an email and can be a target. In a phish, the attacker masquerades as a reputable entity or person, via email or … [Read more...] about The Perils of Phishing—Hook, Line, and Sinker
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Should Medical Practices Worry About Cyberattacks?
Healthcare organizations are prime targets of cyberattacks because of the importance and value of patient data. Even a small practice with several physicians will accumulate tens of thousands of patient records over several years of operation. These records include essentially everything about each person: name, address, phone number, email, social security number, insurance … [Read more...] about Should Medical Practices Worry About Cyberattacks?