I think it was about 2 years ago that some US hospital outsourced transcription of records to India. If I am remembering this correctly. An individual at the company took the records home did the transcription and then posted them to a web site. The upload site was unsecured and the records sat there for a while until someone happened to be looking around and found them. I think they were doing a Google search of their name and came up with their medical record. I seem to remember that the company said the individual did it because they were fired.
I will look around and see if I can find anything I might have saved on the article. Jon On Thu, Sep 8, 2011 at 8:32 PM, Jonathan <[email protected]> wrote: > Ok, Jon, having worked in healthcare myself, and having suffered through > overseas transcription, you got my attention on that one....I'm > curious....do you have a specific news story or experience from which you > can elaborate? > > Jonathan A+, MCSA, MCSE > > Thumb-typed from my HTC Droid Incredible (and yes, it really is) on the > Verizon network. Please excuse brevity and any misspellings. > > On Sep 7, 2011 6:27 PM, "Jon Harris" <[email protected]> wrote: > > Like the out sourcing of medical records transcription to India where the > > out sourcing company had one of their employees take the records and post > > them on the Internet for all to read? Out sourcing is still done and done > > will little regard to security in some cases. Until both sides of the > coin > > are made to pay for stupid/criminal acts this will continue to make the > > hackers rich and famous. I see little difference between an out sourcing > > company and an SSL supplier in this regard. Not doing the due diligence > > needed to be assured of a good supplier, or for an SSL supplier that the > > purchaser is who they claim to be, then things like this will happen. > > Companies to stop looking at cost first then consider what will happen. > > Reversing the equation is what needs to be done. > > > > Jon > > > > On Wed, Sep 7, 2011 at 12:45 PM, Ben Scott <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > >> On Wed, Sep 7, 2011 at 12:09 PM, Ken Schaefer <[email protected]> > >> wrote: > >> > At the margin, it will dissuade some people from using Verisign again. > >> And that impacts their bottom line. > >> > >> Apparently, not significantly. > >> > >> > Eventually, for those that really care, there will be a CA that offers > >> the highest > >> > levels of security. Probably at a premium price. > >> > >> There's no rule that says that has to happen. It would appear that > >> most people chose price over security, and so far that has generally > >> meant that those who value security more are left without any really > >> satisfying vendor. > >> > >> > There will always be some rogue operators. And there will always be > >> premium > >> > operators that drop the ball on occasion. But generally, it will sort > it > >> out. Companies > >> > that used to be king (Nortel, RIM etc) will go by the wayside. Others > >> (Google, > >> > Apple) will prosper. > >> > >> All I see is one set of poor choices being changed out for another > >> set of poor choices. Call it the "circle of incompetence". I doubt > >> it will get a cute Disney theme song, though. > >> > >> -- Ben > >> > >> ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > >> ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > >> > >> --- > >> To manage subscriptions click here: > >> http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > >> or send an email to [email protected] > >> with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin > >> > > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > > > --- > > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > > or send an email to [email protected] > > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to [email protected] > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
