Your medical records are now worth more to hackers than your credit card details.

gueahm (45)in #health • 8 years ago

Cybercriminals have stolen a massive trove of Norway's healthcare data in a recent data breach, which likely impacts more than half of the nation's population.
An unknown hacker or group of hackers managed to breach the systems of Health South-East Regional Health Authority (RHF) and reportedly stolen personal info and health records of some 2.9 million Norwegians out of the country's total 5.2 million inhabitants.

Why Do Hackers Want Your Health Data?

Digital healthcare has been growing to satisfy the demands of connected healthcare technology that provides better treatment and improved patient care.

How to Protect Yourself After a Data Breach?

If you are a one of those affected by the healthcare breach, you will have to remain vigilant against fraud for the rest of your lives, because the risk of identity theft isn't short term, unlike in case of credit cards fraud.

You may follow the following steps to protect yourself by continue reading from source