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Laptops, hard drives, clothes, and other items were stolen from an SUV rented by Beyoncé’s staff. If it can happen to her, it can definitely happen to you.

What happens if your phone or computer gets stolen?

Beyoncé might lose work opportunities and future earnings. But if someone steals your phone while you’re on vacation — or breaks into your clinic and takes your computers — what happens to you?

The first thing you’ll realize is that you probably don’t have a backup. And if you did, it was likely stored in the same place and stolen too. The next step? You’re legally required to notify every patient and report the incident to data privacy authorities — GDPR in the EU, HIPAA in the US.

The problem? You may no longer have patient emails or phone numbers. Without contact information, you can’t notify anyone. Fines can easily exceed one million euros.

Your medical practice could collapse — not because of poor care or ethics, but because of regulatory failure. And you’d still be the victim. That’s the legal reality we live in today.

The solution: encryption and backup

If your patient data had been encrypted according to NIST standards, there would be no legal data breach. But if you lack a backup, you’re forced to rebuild everything from scratch: searching for patients one by one and manually reconstructing their medical files — if you even saved their contact details somewhere else.

Disasters happen. That’s why we have firefighters, insurance companies, the police, alarms, and everything else that protects us from theft, fire, and disaster. If thieves can steal unreleased music from Beyoncé, they can steal from anyone. And theft is only one of many possible scenarios.

The Digital Twin: your new shield in healthcare

Adopting a Digital Twin for your patients can change everything. Let Klinik Sankt Moritz handle your data integrity and security. You can also:

• Take a cybersecurity crash course for doctors.

• Enroll in the Asclepius Meets Prometheus program, for certified physicians under Klinik Sankt Moritz.

These solutions didn’t exist before, but they do now. Algorithms don’t just support your work as a doctor — they determine your survival, even if your patients are happy with your care.

Knowing how to stitch is not enough anymore

Knowing how to suture wounds is now irrelevant if you lack basic cybersecurity skills. In 2023, 1.4 million phones were stolen in the US. Between 2020 and 2024, over 250,000 phones were stolen in London, Paris, and Madrid. In Italy, over 2 million incidents of data loss have been reported — but no one differentiates between phones, laptops, or desktops.

Also, let’s be clear: sharing patient test results on WhatsApp is a serious GDPR violation. You don’t need to be hacked. Carelessness is enough.

We’re already at war — a data war

Think no hacker would target your data? Think again. We are currently at war — including cyberwar — with nations that specialize in electronic warfare. Medical data is the most sensitive data on Earth.

Welcome to the future. It’s already here.

Sergio d’Arpa