Hackers encrypt medical records

[EncryptedBytes]

(http://go.bloomberg.com/tech-blog/20...ta-for-ransom/)

The Surgeons of Lake County, located in the affluent northern Illinois suburb of Libertyville, revealed last month that hackers had burrowed deeply into its computer network, infiltrating a server where e-mails and electronic medical records were stored.

But unlike many other data breaches, the hackers made no attempt to keep their presence a secret. In fact, they all but fired a flare to announce the break-in, taking the extreme step of encrypting their illicit haul and posting a digital ransom note demanding payment for the password.

[TheWindBringeth]

I think it is a good idea to, at least to some extent, maintain your own copy of medical records. You can scan and in some cases download test reports and put them in a folder. You can make notes and put those in that folder. In many cases you can get a CD/DVD of or download XRAY, MRI, etc files which you could also put in that folder. It is a good idea to have a medical card in your wallet which is kept up to date WRT emergency contacts, allergies, conditions, medications, etc. You can make your own and store the graphics file for that card in the folder too.