http://www.informationweek.com/news/healthcare/security-privacy/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=224000042 By Nicole Lewis InformationWeek March 18, 2010 Many home computer users don't realize it, but the next time they download a movie, a video or some old sentimental song, they may be giving an intruder the opportunity to search the PC's files for sensitive information, including their health records, a new study finds. What kind of sensitive information? Well, according to Khaled El Emam, Canada research chair at the University of Ottawa, and the lead on a research paper on the inadvertent disclosure of personal information through peer-to-peer file sharing programs, the information found was "very personal and very rich in detail." By using simple search terms like "patient file", "medical form", or "medical", researchers retrieved medical authorization forms, confidential corporate information, and private letters. "For example, we found a letter that a mother wrote to her 16-year-old daughter's camp director giving him all the complete details of her daughters medical history, health conditions, health insurance card numbers, and her medications," El Emam said. [...] ___________________________________________________________ Register now for HITBSecConf2010 - Dubai, the premier deep-knowledge network security event in the GCC, featuring keynote speakers John Viega and Matt Watchinski! http://conference.hitb.org/hitbsecconf2010dxb/Received on Thu Mar 18 2010 - 23:13:28 PDT
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