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CDC, NIH face brunt of malware endemic at HHS

Federal Times: Federal networks are under constant attack. The bigger the agency’s public profile and more sensitive the data it stores, the more likely a target it makes. The Department of Health and Human Services is no exception.

Certainly, personal health information (PHI) is a treasure trove of data for fraudsters and no department in government holds more of that data than HHS, and in particular the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. But pouring through pages of incident records Federal Times obtained through a Freedom of Information request showed other components — like the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and National Institutes of Health — seem to be the prime targets for attackers looking to embed malicious code.

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