Healthcare: An Easy Target in Cyber Warfare
To the Point
KCRW
4.4 • 583 Ratings
🗓️ 10 February 2015
⏱️ 52 minutes
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Summary
More and more doctors and hospitals are digitizing medical records — making massive amounts of personal data more vulnerable to hackers. The latest target: Anthem insurance, with 80 million customer records. Are companies getting the protection they need from the US government?
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| 0:35.1 | An easy target for cyber criminals, health care. |
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| 0:49.7 | Medical records are treasure troves for identity thieves. |
| 0:53.2 | An anthem, America's second largest health |
| 0:55.3 | insurer, is the latest casualty of cyber warfare. 80 million records were stolen, Anthem didn't |
| 1:02.0 | encrypt them and didn't have to under federal law. The private sector is on its own against |
| 1:06.8 | state-sponsored hackers like China's so-called Deep Panda. Can Washington provide needed protection without further violating personal privacy? |
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| 2:00.3 | Hello again, Warren. I'll be back with To the Point. More and more doctors and hospitals are digitizing medical records making massive amounts of personal data more vulnerable to hackers. |
| 2:04.7 | The latest target Anthem Insurance with 80 million customer records. |
| 2:08.2 | Are companies getting the protection they need from the U.S. government? |
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