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Medical Data, Cybercriminals' Holy Grail, Now Espionage Target


Ron Burgundy
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Workers arrive at the Office of Personnel Management in WashingtonBy Jeremy Wagstaff SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Whoever was behind the latest theft of personal data from U.S. government computers, they appear to be following a new trend set by cybercriminals: targeting increasingly valuable medical records and personnel files. This data, experts say, is worth a lot more to cybercriminals than, say, credit card information. Cyber investigators from iSight Partners said they had linked the OPM hack to earlier thefts of healthcare records from Anthem Inc, a health insurance company, and Premera Blue Cross, a healthcare services provider.




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