[ISN] Hackers didn't retrieve data in Defense pharmacy website attack

From: InfoSec News <alerts_at_private>
Date: Thu, 27 Jan 2011 05:17:41 -0600 (CST)
http://www.nextgov.com/nextgov/ng_20110125_5321.php

By Bob Brewin 
NextGov
01/25/2011

No data has been siphoned off the Defense Department PharmacoEconomic 
Center website and domain as the result of a hacker attack reported by a 
security firm last week, a Military Health System spokesman said.

Austin Camacho, a spokesman for the TRICARE Management Activity, part of 
MHS, said in an e-mail that the PharmacoEconomic Center website has been 
taken down while security teams from the Army, which manages the center, 
review security flaws to identify potential vulnerabilities.

The PharmacoEconomic Center website is a public access site and does not 
house any personally identifiable information, nor does it contain data 
regarding patient drug profiles, Camacho said.

He added there is no data from the Prescription Medication Analysis and 
Reporting Tool, which is used to manage medication profiles, on the 
PharmacoEconomic Center website. Clinicians access PMART information 
from a separate secure server, Camacho said.

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