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Internal negligence to blame for most data breaches involving personal health information
2018-11-26 06:15

Your personal identity may fall at the mercy of attackers on many websites, but when it comes to health data breaches, hospitals, doctors offices and even insurance companies are oftentimes the culprits. Internal dangers New research from Michigan State University and Johns Hopkins University found that more than half of the recent personal health information, or PHI, data breaches were because of internal issues with medical providers – not because of hackers or external parties. … More → The post Internal negligence to blame for most data breaches involving personal health information appeared first on Help Net Security.


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