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Forget Credit Cards, Hackers Want Your Medical Record
When considering our online privacy and security, we often hold our financial records, bank accounts, and credit card numbers in the highest regard. After all, if a hacker gets this information, they have ‘the keys to the kingdom’, right? It might be surprising to learn that the black market value of this data is actually surprisingly low.
The going rate for your social security number is about a dollar. Your credit card number is worth five dollars. A complete medical record, on the other hand, can sell for more than $1,000 on the Dark Web.
TeenSafe app leaked tens of thousands of user passwords
Two servers used by an app for parents to monitor their teenagers’ phone activity have exposed the account information of tens of thousands of parents and children.
The mobile app, TeenSafe, allows parents to track the smartphone usage of their children, including their social media interactions, web history, call logs, installed apps, and real-time location. According to the Los Angeles-based company behind the service, more than a million parents currently use the service.
Over 1M Patients Affected by Healthcare Breaches in Q1 of 2018
According to a new report by the HIPAA Journal, the first three months of 2018 have seen 77 healthcare data breaches. The breaches reported to the Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights (OCR), have impacted more than one million patients and and health plan members.
This number is twice the number of individuals impacted by healthcare data breaches in Q4 of 2017. Between January 1 and March 31, 2018, 1,073,766 individuals had their Patient Health Information (PHI) exposed, viewed, or stolen compared to 520,141 individuals in Q4, 2017.
Was your child’s identity stolen in 2017?
Data breaches put millions at risk each year. And while many victims are adults, it seems that no one is too young to become a victim of identity fraud.
According to a new study by Javelin Strategy & Research, over 1 million US children had their identities stolen in 2017 – resulting in $2.6 billion in fraud, with families paying over $540 million out of pocket.
Even worse, these attacks can occur before children even become active internet users. 66 percent of child identity fraud victims are younger than eight years old.
What is Cryptojacking and How Can You Defend Against it?
Cryptocurrencies, like Bitcoin and Monero, have rapidly grown in popularity due to their security and value. But investors and consumers aren’t the only ones interested in them. Hackers are using malicious tactics to steal cryptocurrency – and they’re doing it with your computer.
Breadcrumb Conducts Staff Awareness Training for Valley Health Team
This week, Breadcrumb Cybersecurity performed custom, healthcare-centric training for Valley Health Team. Our engineers performed a live hack demonstration, highlighted real-world hacking examples, and equipped staff with prevention strategies for mitigating risk.
Valley Health Team is a private, non-profit Federally Qualified Health Center. For over 45 years, their staff has provided primary care services in underserved urban and rural communities throughout the central California valley. Their team of Board certified physicians, physician assistants, psychologists, nurse practitioners, licensed clinical social workers, dentists, optometrists, and support staff serve 20,765 individuals annually, at 8 locations throughout the valley.
