Hackers target health care as industry goes digital

The story has been corrected on the wire.

The second paragraph now reads:

"Cybercriminals know that the health industry is moving into EHRs and there's more data to steal," said Ann Patterson, program director at the Medical Identity Fraud Alliance, an organization that works to reduce medical fraud.

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Health care breaches can also lead to an uptick in medical fraud, Patterson said. Health records contain insurance details that people can use to impersonate a hacking victim to receive care. Some insurance plans cover costly procedures that others don't, so there's a demand for credentials to access better coverage.

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People need to be as vigilant about protecting and reviewing their medical data as they are with their credit card information, said Patterson at the Medical Identity Fraud Alliance, noting that laws protect people only to a degree.