Cybersecurity researcher Jeremiah Fowler told the publication that medical records go for the highest amount on the dark web compared to Social Security numbers, which sell for $15, and credit card information, which sells for $3.
“Health-care data being exposed is a lot worse than most other data and the bad guys know this,” Sumedh Thakar, CEO of cybersecurity company Qualys, told CNBC.
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