Nursing Homes Are Exposed to Hacker Attacks

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By RACHAEL KING
The Wall Street Journal
February 18, 2014

Computer-security researchers have discovered on a website documents that 
could allow hackers easily to obtain electronic medical records and 
payment information from health-care providers.

The documents -- found by two cybersecurity firms on a site commonly used 
by hackers -- detail the type of equipment used in computer networks, the 
Internet addresses for computers and other devices, and the passwords to 
network firewalls run by health-care providers such as nursing homes, 
doctors' offices and hospitals.

If such networks were accessed, cybercriminals easily could find personal 
details on individuals, security experts said. Such information could be 
used to sell credit-card data and medical information that could be used 
to commit insurance fraud.

A search by The Wall Street Journal of the website, 4shared.com, turned up 
information from three nursing homes: the Bronx Center for Rehabilitation 
& Healthcare in New York; the Glengariff Healthcare Center in Glen Cove, 
N.Y.; and the Campbell Hall Rehabilitation Center in Campbell Hall, N.Y.

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