Medical transcription service provider MEDantex experienced a data breach affecting at least 2,300 healthcare providers after leaving a portion of its website open to the internet. The breach occurred due to misconfigured databases and exposed patient data from as early as 2007. MEDantex took down its customer web portal after being notified by security researcher Brian Krebs. The breach will need to be reported to the Department of Health and Human Services.

Nearly 250,000 Records From Tax Credit Consulting Agency Exposed
Summarize this content to a maximum of 60 words: Research has uncovered an unencrypted, non-password-protected database containing 245,949 records.