Identity Theft Feared as Hackers Hijack Medical Server to Play Black Ops

[archvile93]

They couldn't just use the regular servers?

 

[Canadamus Prime]

Personally, (if I was a hacker) I would've hacked into the server and left a message there along the lines of "you've got a security exploit on your server... here, you might want to fix that ".

That's probably what I'd do too, if I were a hacker that is.

 

[vxicepickxv]

Thats an awfully kind thing to do.

That would probably be why I'd never make a good headline as a hacker, (using my gift of foresight).

You could get a job as a digital security analyst. Yes, you get paid to try to break into a system. If you pass, you tell them how to fix it. It's a very complicated job.

 

[crworley]

The bad part is on 14.3% of ID theft has to do with credit cards. It's the other 4 that are killers. Medical IDT can cost you your life literally.

 

[AmayaOnnaOtaku]

Though not offering to cover credit monitoring for those whose PHI (protected health information) was breeched? A douchebag move by the company. Hopefully the NH Attorney general will breathe down their neck enough to make them do it. At least they followed proceure and contacted DHHS and the attorney general. They just were incredibly slow on doing so!