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• MEDJACK: Hackers hijacking medical devices to create backdoors in hospital networks

  After the Office of Personnel Management breach, medical data was labeled as the "<a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/06/05/cybersecurity-usa-targets-idUSL3N0YR30R20150605">holy grail</a>" for cybercriminals intent on espionage. "Medical information can be worth 10 times as much as a credit card number," reported Reuters. And now to steal such information, hospital networks are getting pwned by malware-infected medical devices.

• Premier 100 IT Leader: Jay Ferro

  When Jay Ferro, 46, joined the <a href="http://www.cancer.org">American Cancer Society</a> as CIO three years ago, he was given a herculean task -- to transform the nonprofit's 12 independent divisions and corporate headquarters into a single entity, beginning with IT.

• CIOs join forces to battle cancer

  A coalition of healthcare IT chiefs in the United States are on a mission to put cancer out of business
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• ACS: NSW budget lacks ICT jobs incentives

  Australian Computer Society (ACS) has scolded the NSW government, criticising its recent budget for a lack of incentives to attract ICT investment in NSW as a means of creating jobs and improving the economic prosperity for the state.

• ICT salaries continue to grow despite GFC: ACS

  Salaries of ICT professionals have slowed on average over the twelve months to May 2009 a new survey from the Australian Computer Society (ACS) finds.

• ACS, AIIA promote National ICT Careers Week

  The National ICT Careers Week will again be held this year in an effort to increase the uptake of IT education and training.

• Little for CIOs to Get Excited About in Federal Budget

  The federal government’s budget has drawn a mixed response from industry analysts and organisations