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When health records are held ransom, patients are often last to know

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  • published date: 2021-05-23 13:05:00 UTC

What’s clearly true: Our medical system’s mandate to provide uninterrupted lifesaving care 24/7 has made it an increasingly vulnerable — and valuable — target for cybercriminals. According to one industry estimate, ransomware assaults on health care facilitie…

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