Epidemic of medical data breaches leaking our most sensitive information

  • 30 October 2014
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These are pretty alarming and not always as well reported as the hacks of businesses.
 
by John Hawes on October 30, 2014
 
"We're all sick of data breaches and privacy intrusions, with just about every new day bringing new stories of shops, banks and restaurants leaking epic amounts of customer information and celebrities having their intimate snaps spread around the internet.
 


 
Obscured by these headline-grabbing big-name leaks, a rash of smaller-scale breaches has been leaking a steady stream of data every bit as valuable as our card numbers and every bit as intimately private as our most graphic selfies.
Our health records contain huge amounts of highly personal information, covering everything from the standard addresses, phone numbers and social security codes to a detailed history of our bodies and minds.
Health data is considered among the most private of information, but continues to leak out in a dazzling range of ways."
 
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One has to question the reasons that anyone would have for doing this...they must be really, really SICK...LOL
 

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