Hospital System Data Breach

[Atlantisman]

All of these data breaches are getting really tiresome, something in the world of network security is going to have to drastically change before we can have nice things like self-driving cars and etc.

 

http://www.wbir.com/story/news/local/2014/08/18/community-health-systems-data-breach-affects-45m/14230939/

 

"Franklin-based hospital company Community Health Systems Inc. had a data breach that affected an estimated 4.5 million patients."

 

"CHS, which worked with cybersecurity company Mandiant to help address the threat, said that the data affected in the breach is non-medical, but does include sensitive information such as patient names, addresses, birthdates, telephone numbers and Social Security numbers."

 

 

-Don't worry guys, they didn't get medical data, just SSN, DOBs, names, addresses and etc

[Fred Castellum]

This stuff seems to happen all the time. I'm unfazed.

[Atlantisman]

This stuff seems to happen all the time. I'm unfazed.

Yeah, but the fact that it happens all the time is just sad and depressing. Higher level execs in organizations do everything possible to avoid spending money on security, because they see it as a type of insurance they do not need. 

[Fred Castellum]

Yeah, but the fact that it happens all the time is just sad and depressing. Higher level execs in organizations do everything possible to avoid spending money on security, because they see it as a type of insurance they do not need. 

That's business for ya. 

[Vacsol]

so a private hospital cheaped out on something critical to reduce spending?

who would've guessed  

 

seriously though, things which rely on secure encryption need to be handled with caution to avoid something straight out of watch_dogs