Australian magazine CSO discusses why healthcare data is so attractive to criminals.
Its just been over one month into 2015 and we’ve already seen a major attack on USA Health Insurer Anthem. In 2014, Australia recorded two breaches in the Personally Controlled Electronic Health Record (PCEHR) system and much was reported about the high profile the Pound Road Medical Centre breach.
Why do criminals find this data so attractive?
Using the healthcare data, criminals can create fake IDs to buy medical equipment or drugs they would not normally have access to. However, they can also combine a patient number with a false provider number and file made-up claims with insurers. As the claims procedure often has valid payment information already in place, or agreements are drawn up as part of employee benefits to expedite the process, criminals don’t need to provide these details.
Read the full story on www.cso.com.au.
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