Medical records are often used in combination with other personal information to conduct sophisticated fraudulent transactions (other than ID theft and financial transactions).
Besides financial fraud, criminals also use stolen medical information for illegally acquiring medical supplies and obtaining health-insurance. One of the dark web one of our researchers found criminals explaining to a potential customer how they can use a medical ID to get prescribed drugs delivered to them, to order medication and even to book a doctor’s appointment for a check-up.
https://threatpost.com/deceased-patient-data-being-sold-on-dark-web/133871/
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