
Personally identifiable information (PII) related to healthcare data is 50x more valuable on the black market than credit card data according to Alert Logic. Forty three percent of all identity thefts in the United States in 2013 were accounted to medical related identity theft (Logic, 2014). The healthcare industry knows they need to protect PII. It’s…
At Black Hat USA every year, we conduct a survey of self-identified “black hat” hackers. Why’d we do it? Because it’s not every day that you can get an insider perspective on the thought process and motivation behind today’s black hat hacker. Black Hat vs White Hat vs Awesome Programmers We have to caveat this…