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Fake MyChart Emails Are Stealing Patient Identities. Here's How to Catch Them.

15:26 A phishing scam spreading across the country is disguising itself as a typical MyChart message, and one wrong click can hand an intruder everything they need to steal your information and your identity. Scott Gibson, a Computer and Information Science faculty member at ECPI University, spoke with 13News Now about how the scheme works and how patients can protect themselves.

Fake MyChart Emails Are Stealing Patient Identities. Here's How to Catch Them.

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15:26 A phishing scam spreading across the country is disguising itself as a typical MyChart message, and one wrong click can hand an intruder everything they need to steal your information and your identity.

Scott Gibson, a Computer and Information Science faculty member at ECPI University, spoke with 13News Now about how the scheme works and how patients can protect themselves.

13News Now is the NBC affiliate serving Hampton Roads and southeastern Virginia.

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15:26 A phishing scam spreading across the country is disguising itself as a typical MyChart message, and one wrong click can hand an intruder everything they need to steal your information and your identity. Scott Gibson, a Computer and Information Science faculty member at ECPI University, spoke with 13News Now about how the scheme works and how patients can protect themselves. 13News Now is the NBC affiliate serving Hampton Roads and southeastern Virginia.

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Fake MyChart Emails Are Stealing Patient Identities.

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