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Saturday, July 05, 2014

Black markets in everything, electronic medical records

As health data become increasingly digital and the use of electronic health records booms, thieves see patient records in a vulnerable health care system as attractive bait, according to experts interviewed by POLITICO. On the black market, a full identity profile contained in a single record can bring as much as $500.
There is more here, none of it reassuring.
- via marginal revolution