http://blog.wired.com/27bstroke6/2009/03/p2p-networks-le.html By Kim Zetter Threat Level Wired.com March 02, 2009 An academic says he found thousands of sensitive medical records leaked over peer-to-peer networks from computers at hospitals, clinics and elsewhere. The report comes on the trail of news that a file containing sensitive information about the presidential helicopter was leaked from a government contractor's computer over a peer-to-peer network. M. Eric Johnson, director of the Center for Digital Strategies at Dartmouth College, says he used simple search terms on several filesharing networks and uncovered files listing patient names, Social Security numbers, birth dates, insurance carrier names and insurance diagnosis codes that revealed which patients were being treated for specific diseases. He conducted some of the searches last month and presented his findings at a conference last week. Among about 160 files that Johnson claims contained sensitive data (.pdf) were two spreadsheets containing information on 20,000 patients, which identified four patients being treated for HIV-AIDS, 326 patients being treated for cancer, 201 being treated for mental illnesses and thousands afflicted with various other diseases. The spreadsheets came from a collection agency that a hospital employed to track down delinquent payments. [...] _______________________________________________ Best Selling Security Books and More! http://www.shopinfosecnews.org/Received on Tue Mar 03 2009 - 01:05:52 PST
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