Security News > 2019 > February > Misconfiguration Leads to Major Health Data Breach
2019-02-21 20:48
UW Medicine Notifying Nearly 1 Million Patients of Data ExposureA misconfigured database at UW Medicine in Washington state that left patient data exposed on the internet for several weeks resulted in a breach affecting almost 1 million individuals. Why are breaches caused by such misconfigurations so common?
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