The level of information security in systems run by some companies that want to be linked electronically with the Centers for Medicare and. emphaticallyMedicaid Services (CMS) is so rudimentary that it is almost embarrassinging, said Julie Boughn, CMS chief information officer. Four security vulnerabilities in an open-source medical records management platform allow remote code execution, patient data theft and more. Read the full article. The Clop group attacked Software AG, a German conglomerate with operations in more than 70 countries, threatening to dump stolen data if the whopping $23 million ransom isn’t paid.
Source: https://threatpost.com/medicaid-cio-security-many-companies-embarassing-040710/73795/