The Stimulus Act Started a Cyber Crime Wave of Medical Data Theft

UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES

Thanks to the Recovery Act’s push to digitize health records, your most precious and valuable information is within the reach of most thieves.

Published Dec. 21 2015 1:00AM EST

Cyber criminals are coming after your medical data and you can blame Congress for that.

Six years after the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 opened the floodgates to digitized medical records, so-called “protected health information” is now the most precious commodity in pilfered consumer data—fetching up to 10 times...

Christopher Moraff

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The Stimulus Act Started a Cyber Crime Wave of Medical Data Theft

Thanks to the Recovery Act’s push to digitize health records, your most precious and valuable information is within the reach of most thieves.

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Christopher Moraff