Current and potential cyber attacks on medical journals; guidelines for improving security

摘要

In the past, journals were only available in the print version and only certain regions could access them. Today, we are faced with a new type of scholarly publishing. The use of web technologies and the internet along with open access policies has removed boundaries to scientific publishing. People all over the world can access academic journals [1]. When we use web technologies, we must consider information security and possible web attacks. As recent post published in the Retraction Watch blog concerns the hacking of a medical publisher and the resulting publication of about 65 papers by cybercriminals [2].