cybersecurity
Security and Privacy Issues of Connected Medical Devices
The healthcare sector is developing more technologically advanced devices aimed at making healthcare more accurate and safer. While the goal is to accelerate the body’s capacity to heal, computer-hacking threats to these devices that millions of people depend on pose serious issues. It is also not a surprise why hackers are extremely interested in health record data; while social security number is worth 10 cents on the dark web, and credit card 25 cents, medical health record data could be worth hundreds or even thousands of dollars. This means trouble not only for healthcare providers but also the patients they help.