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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- The health care sector has become the hot target for hackers in recent months, according to researchers at Symantec, a leading cybersecurity company that says it's also seeing big increases in "spear-phishing," ''ransomware" and efforts to exploit newly discovered vulnerabilities in software used by a wide range of industries. After a wave of high-profile attacks on banks and retailers over the last two years, almost 80 percent of the calls to Symantec's global "incident response" service since December have come from health organizations, said Robert Shaker, a Symantec official who oversees the commercial service. While usually seeking valuable patient and employee data, hackers who target health organizations may inadvertently disrupt computer systems that oversee medication and other life-saving treatments, Shaker said during a press event Monday. The health sector's vulnerability to hackers was underscored earlier this year when Anthem, the giant insurance firm, reported a data breach affecting up to 80 million customers. But as each sector strengthens its defenses, Shaker said, hackers move on to new industries that may be vulnerable. He predicted schools and universities may be the next big targets. Higher education is "another area very similar to health care," where administrators have historically been less focused on computer security, said Shaker. He noted that university computer networks hold a variety of valuable data, including financial records for students and employees, as well as scientific and medical research. |
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SYMANTEC is a exploration company based in United states of america. SYMANTEC is listed in United States of America. Its market capitalisation is US$ 14.7 billions as of today (€ 13.2 billions). Its stock quote reached its lowest recent point on October 09, 1992 at US$ 0.75, and its highest recent level on November 04, 2019 at US$ 23.75. SYMANTEC has 618 830 016 shares outstanding. |