A new report shows that complete EHR databases can fetch as much as $500,000 on the Deep Web. Cybercriminals are taking advantage of healthcare organizations’ weaknesses to devastating effect. The poor security around increasingly data-rich EHR systems pose a huge opportunity for the bad guys. The report detailed research conducted through Shodan that showed how many of these systems were left accessible to the public internet with minimal to no access controls. 69% of US healthcare organizations report their biggest spend is on perimeter defenses.”]

