Accountants, doctors, and law firms—we trust them with our sensitive information, but increasingly it’s obvious that these businesses, as well as the government agencies who hold such information, are hard-pressed to keep our data safe.
In March 2016, for example, more than 2.5 million patient records were put at risk due to stolen laptops, unauthorized access, and hacking, according to data from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Typically, the information is used for fraud, especially the pursuit of healthcare benefits using other people’s information.
Law firms have similarly been widely targeted by online thieves. It's one thing for the rich clients of Mossack Fonseca to be compromised after hacktivists targeted the Panamanian legal firm, but other law firms serving businesses and consumers have not been immune from such attacks.
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