When Velaquezla first ran for US Representative, hackers invaded her confidential records and discovered that she was suicidal the year before. The hackers then downloaded the information and faxed it to newspapers and television stations. This is extremely hard for people to realize and understand. They feel that something like their medical records are in safe keeping, out of reach to anyone. Now we can see that this is hardly the case.
Hackers can even break into the hospital systems and change prescriptions.
There have been numerous cases like this, including a hacker that prescribed deadly drugs to a nine-year old boy. Hackers that invade medical records will also steal the information to blackmail or harass the patients. With medical records being in cyberspace, hospitals and doctor offices must take desperate measures. First the hospitals must acknowledge this as a serious problem. Many hospitals still have the most primitive security systems.