Why would Chinese hackers want hospital patient data?

The most in-demand (and valuable) programming languages Former employees have become 'application menace' new study claims ITworld Today August 19, 2014 Share this email Why would Chinese hackers want hospital patient data? The theft of personal data on 4.5 million patients of Community Health Systems by hackers in China highlights the increasing degree to which hospitals are becoming lucrative targets for information theft. READ MORE   Issue highlights 1. The most in-demand (and valuable) programming languages 2. Former employees have become 'application menace' new study claims 3. Vehicle-to-vehicle networks could save over 1,000 lives a year, US says 4. 5 things CIOs and VCs can learn from each other 5. Microsoft offers custom Windows OS to all first generation Intel Galileo owners 6. Google brings robust cluster scheduling to its cloud 7. MongoDB adds support option for community edition of its NoSQL database 8. CIOs reveal their must-have mobile apps 9. 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Learn more >> Microsoft offers custom Windows OS to all first generation Intel Galileo owners Microsoft is encouraging more hardware hackers to develop Windows-based smart devices and appliances with expanded availability of a preview OS to all owners of Intel's Galileo board. READ MORE Google brings robust cluster scheduling to its cloud Google is drawing from the work of the open-source community to offer its cloud customers a service to better manage their clusters of virtual servers. READ MORE MongoDB adds support option for community edition of its NoSQL database IT shops that want professional support for MongoDB without paying for the enterprise edition of the company's increasingly popular NoSQL database now have an option from MongoDB itself. READ MORE CIOs reveal their must-have mobile apps Business-focused apps help CIOs stay on top of their game. READ MORE Is fragmentation a thing of the past for Android? 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