I-TEAM: Florida Dept. of Health data in the hands of a cybercrime group

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Some of the State of Florida’s most sensitive records may now be in the hands of cyber criminals. The group says it’s going to release 100 gigabytes of data from the Florida Dept. of Health (F-DOH), unless the state pays up.

Local Newsand the Florida Dept. of Health are all sharing this one thing in common. They’ve been hacked by cyberthieves who are holding stolen data for ransom.Cybersecurity Expert Scott Shoberg is the CEO of Berkeley Varitronics. He says medical and health information overall has been a common target for hackers.

The Florida Dept. of Health is responsible for overseeing all 67 health departments, licensed doctors, nurses and other health related professions. ”Its an open target unfortunately, the government needs to step in and get a little more funding for cyber security it’s super important, and unfortunately underutilized,” Briee Hansen said.

Shoberg says under no circumstances, even at doctors offices, should people give out their full social security numbers.

 

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