Tag Archives: medical identity theft

Data breach

Data breach of medical records enough to make you sick
High-tech computer hacking gets the most attention—especially when it affects big name corporations and millions of consumers. However, the medical data breaches reported in April can be attributed to low-tech, low IQ and low moral standards, or a dangerous combination of those.
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Medical ID theft: the crime that can leave you dead-broke

It’s ironic that the most dangerous identity theft is also the one people know the least about. Mention identity theft, and what usually comes to mind is someone having opened a credit card account in someone else’s name. And, though financial identity theft is more common than medical identity theft, the biggest difference is that [...]