Fake patient portal scam can steal your login and infect your PC

If you have ever checked a lab result or sent your doctor a message online, you may already know MyChart.It is a widely used patient portal from Epic that hospitals and medical practices use to give patients online access to health information and care teams.That growing reliance on patient portals caught the attention of Mary M.

She recently wrote to us after hearing from her primary care physician, or PCP, and several specialists about moving more of their patient communication online."I just got a lot of updates from my PCP and specialist doctors saying they are moving toward this, but they are already compromised!! I think this is a topic for you!"Mary raised a concern many patients may share as they hear about scams targeting MyChart users.There is an important point to clear up.

The warnings reviewed here describe criminals impersonating MyChart through phishing campaigns.They do not report a breach of the MyChart platform itself.MEDICARE AND SOCIAL SECURITY SCAMS: WARNING SIGNS AND TIPSMyChart phishing scams use fake medical results and bogus Medicare offers to exploit trust in patient portals and push victims into sharing sensitive information.

(Epic Systems Corporation)Epic has documented scams that copy the MyChart experience to steal login details.One version can also push malware onto Windows computers.

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