Digital Smarts - Hackers and Hospital Networks

A new trend in cybercrime is exploiting the increased use of connected digital devices in medical settings. Hackers are installing malware on hospital computer networks to target and steal patient data. Experts who track these kinds of intrusions say that medical data is worth ten times the value of credit card data on the electronic black market. Why? Crime syndicates and foreign attackers buy and sell it for extortion and blackmail schemes. Cybersecurity efforts to stop these kinds of thefts continue to grow as well, but it is hard to keep up with the attacks that constantly grow bolder and more powerful online.