Becker's Hospital Review

82 CIO / HEALTH IT Forged medical diplomas, the dark web — Here's where stolen healthcare data ends up By Hannah Mitchell M edia coverage of data breaches oen explains how an organiza- tion was attacked and reports how many people's data was exposed. Cybersecu- rity researcher Ravi Sen, PhD, shared where the stolen data ends up in a May 13 op-ed published by e Conversation. Dr. Sen tracks data breaches and the black market of stolen data. e destination of stolen data oen depends on who is be- hind the attack and their motive behind the attack, he said. Seven details: 1. If the cyberattackers intend to embarrass a person or organization, they usually re- lease the data into the public domain. If data is stolen by foriegn national governments, it is usually not exposed or sold. Instead, it is used for espionage purposes and to gather information on U.S. government officials. 2. Data is usually stolen to make money. Eighty-six percent of data breaches are about money and 55 percent are committed by or- ganized cyber gangs, according to Verizon's data breach report. 3. Stolen data oen ends up for sale on the dark web. Buyers can purchase the data with bitcoins or through Western Union. 4. A large surplus of stolen personally iden- tifiable information caused its retail value to tank from $4 in 2014 to $1 in 2015. Email dumps containing 100,000 to more than a million email addresses go for $10 and voter databases from states sell for $100, Dr. Sen said. 5. Credit card details of an account with a purchasing balance of up to $5,000 can be sold for $240 in 2021. Credit card num- bers and security codes can be used to cre- ate fake credit cards, which are used in fraudulent purchases. 6. Healthcare data is attractive to data thieves for extortion purposes. Cybercriminals can extort the health system they retrieved the data from and extort patients by threatening to release intimate patient data unless money is retrieved. 7. Stolen data including medical diplo- mas, medical licenses and insurance doc- uments can be used to forge a medical background. ese phony physicians will then submit claims to Medicare and other insurance providers for high-end surgeries, ZD Net reported. n Telehealth use fell 16% in 1 month: 3 things to know By Jackie Drees T elehealth usage among individuals with private insurers fell month-over-month for the first time since September, drop- ping by 16 percent in February, according to healthcare data cost organization Fair Health. Three things to know: 1. Telehealth claims made up 7 percent of med- ical claim lines in January and 5.9 percent of medical claim lines in February. 2. The top five reasons for telehealth visits in Jan- uary were mental health conditions (51.3 per- cent), joint and soft tissue diseases and issues (3.3 percent), developmental disorders (2.9 per- cent), acute respiratory diseases and infections (2.6 percent), and COVID-19 (2.3 percent). 3. The top five reasons for telehealth visits in February were mental health conditions (54.6 percent), joint and soft tissue diseases and issues (3.2 percent), developmental disorders (3 per- cent), acute respiratory diseases and infections (2.2 percent), and hypertension (1.8 percent). n 10 most reputable healthcare tech companies By Katie Adams H ealthcare technology companies such as Microsoft, Goo- gle and Amazon were among the businesses on RepTrak's 2021 list of the 100 most reputable companies worldwide. Each year, reputation data company RepTrak compiles a list of the 100 most reputable companies worldwide using data on how the businesses are perceived by stakeholders and consumers. Below are the 10 companies offering healthcare technology that made it onto the 2021 list based on data collected in Decem- ber and January: 1. Bosch (ranked 4th) 2. Microsoft (ranked 10th) 3. Phillips (ranked 13th) 4. Google (ranked 15th) 5. 3M (ranked 20th) 6. Apple (ranked 46th) 7. Hewlett Packard Enterprise (ranked 49th) 8. IBM (ranked 54th) 9. Salesforce (ranked 89th) 10. Amazon (ranked 92nd) n

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