Data sharing from healthcare providers’ unauthenticated websites to third parties is still a risk when it comes to regulation and litigation, warns attorney Iliana Peters. Despite a history of class action lawsuits and the creation of new tracking rules, health entities are still vulnerable to lawsuits and penalties connected to their use of online tools that could compromise patient data. Peters suggests healthcare providers should understand and control the data collected by third-party tools.
Irish researcher finds 1.1 million NHS employee records were leaked
Dublin cybersecurity researcher, Aaron Costello, discovered a leak of 1.1 million NHS employee records due to improperly configured settings in Microsoft Power Pages, a widely-used