How much money are hackers selling medical records for?

Medical records are selling for $60 on the dark web, CNBC reported March 15. 

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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