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Cyber Gangs Hit Healthcare Providers
- From: Howell, Paul
- Date: Thu Oct 01 11:01:06 2009
At
http://voices.washingtonpost.com/securityfix/2009/09/online_bank_robbers
_target_hea.html
Cyber Gangs Hit Healthcare Providers
Organized cyber thieves that have stolen millions from corporations and
schools over the past few months recently defrauded several health care
providers, including a number of non-profit organizations that cater to
the disabled and the uninsured.
The victims are the latest casualties of an online crime wave being
perpetrated against U.S.-based organizations at the hands of cyber
thieves thought to be based out of Eastern Europe.
On Sept. 9, crooks stole $30,000 from the Evergreen Children's
Association (currently doing business as Kids Co.), a non-profit
organization in Seattle that provides on-site childcare for public
schools.
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