US medics expose patients to possible identity theft

In America, recently hardly a week has gone by without news of patients at some hospital or other coming under threat of identity theft. Added to that, there are occasional leaks from the Department of Veterans’ Affairs. Last week, there were two cases, one concerning a medical organization and the other veterans. InfoWatch experts think that the IT-security situation in US medical organizations is bordering on critical.

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