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FBI warns healthcare firms they are targeted by hackers

21
Aug
2014

By Jim Finkle BOSTON (Reuters) – The FBI has warned that healthcare industry companies are being targeted by hackers, publicizing the issue following an attack on U.S. “The FBI has observed malicious actors targeting healthcare related systems, perhaps for the purpose of obtaining Protected Healthcare Information (PHI) and/or Personally Identifiable Information (PII),” the agency said in a “Flash” alert obtained by Reuters on Wednesday. “These actors have also been seen targeting multiple companies in the healthcare and medical device industry typically targeting valuable intellectual property, such as medical device and equipment development data,” the one page document said.

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