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Ransomware and tax fraud rise as healthcare hit with more data breaches than any other industry

Ransomware and tax fraud rise as healthcare hit with more data breaches than any other industry

April 14, 2016

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The healthcare industry accounted for the highest number of data breaches among service industries in 2015, according to a new 2016 Internet Security Threat Report from Symantec, that also found ransomware on the rise and increasingly sophisticated attack tactics being perpetrated by organized criminals with extensive resources.

The same report recorded nine mega breaches and half a billion stolen personal records, with ransomware attacks growing by 35 percent in 2015.

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