Plastic Surgeons Warned About New Face of Cyber Extortion

FBI Says Patients, Doctors at Risk of Ransom Demands After Theft of Records, Photos
The FBI is warning plastic surgery practices and their patients of cybercriminals targeting their sensitive health information and medical photos for extortion schemes. The alert followed recent hacking incidents at several plastic surgery practices involving data theft.

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