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| More than a billion medical images are available online due to medical negligence |
Reportage noted that the medical images of more than a billion patients worldwide have been exposed to the Internet due to widespread data breaches such as hundreds of hospitals, medical facilities and imaging centers, and use unsafe storage systems.
According to a report published on TechCrunch's website, many medical facilities have allowed medical images and patient-sensitive information to be published online due to incomplete security protocols. He added that the vulnerabilities in the security system allow everyone to connect to the Internet, and that free downloads can access billions of medical images related to different patients around the world.
More than a billion medical images are available online due to medical negligence
Exposure data includes x-rays, MRIs, and tomography. Since digital security is not activated, many images also contain other identifying information, such as: name, date of birth and sometimes social security numbers.
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| More than a billion medical images are available online due to medical negligence |
Discovered by a security researcher (Dirk Schrader) who led research at Greenbone Networks. The company found that 187 servers were used to store and access medical information in the United States alone, but these servers were not password protected or basic security measures.
Health data advocates are calling on the government to intervene to introduce better security protocols for medical facilities, according to The Mighty.
Bitura (Anuraj Kahul) Technical Director told Digital Magazine: "In today's advanced threat environment, not all publicly available databases of classified files can be preserved. Personal identifiable images and information."
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| More than a billion medical images are available online due to medical negligence |
Kahul added: "Cybercrime companies that deal with medical records are under severe attack, so they must take all precautions to protect patient information. Hundreds of hospitals, medical facilities, and imaging centers have exceeded a billion. A public record that contributed to this.
Kahul said that the case could lead to fines and penalties, "which could lead to sanctions for regulatory violations, which may include severe penalties. Health organizations need to take appropriate cloud security measures in 2020, especially through the use of personal identifiers, to prevent the loss of Data, view and control sharing permissions to protect their databases, maintain compatibility, and protect the data assigned to them. "