Nearly 60% of Tech Students Said They’d Violate HIPAA If the Price Was RightBudding IT insiders can be corrupted into giving up protected health information of a very famous patient, say State University of New York at Buffalo researchers who also found a correlation between an interest in white hat hacking and illegal breaches.
A survey of 523 information systems management and data analytics students by the State University of New York at Buffalo found that nearly 60% of respondents said they would leak information about a very famous patient in exchange for amounts ranging from less than $10,000 to more than $10 million, depending on the perceived probability of getting caught and the salary level of the employee.
Students were told to imagine themselves having post-college financial difficulty and a friend who works at a media company. Roughly six out of every 10 students said they would give up the data of the famous patient. The amount required varied on the scenario, with students told to imagine a greater salary needing a bigger payoff.
Another clear case of you get what you pay for. People will always find a way. Criminality is most offlten tied to economic circumstance.
