Jury indicts man for hacking hospital computers
HIPAA Weekly Advisor, June 18, 2007
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A federal grand jury indicted a man after he allegedly infected computers at the Cook County Bureau of Health Services in Illinois, the Daily Southtown reports.
According to the indictment, James C. Brewer scanned computers for weaknesses and then hacked into them in 2006, affecting 10,000 computers worldwide. The attack threatened patient care by causing computers in multiple healthcare facilities to freeze or delay. Brewer faces a maximum penalty of 10 years in prison and a $250,000 fine, according to the Daily Southtown.
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