Security Experts say health care data is 4 to 12 times more valuable than credit card data to hackers.
Why is health care data so valuable?
- Health care data sets are “extremely detailed personal information.”
- Health care data alone allows a hacker to:
- Apply for credit cards or loans
- “Allows a hacker to generate huge sums from fraudulent medical charges,”
- Average financial loss for stolen health care data: $13,500 per victim