Catherine Offord reports: The National Institutes of Health (NIH) is planning to enroll 1 million people across the U.S. for a database of genetics, lifestyles, and environmental conditions relating to health. The agency’s “All of Us” program, which will open for volunteer signup on Sunday (May 6), will provide an important tool in the development…
Category: Healthcare
KRACK Wi-Fi vulnerability can expose medical devices, patient records
Charlie Osborne reports: Medical devices produced by Becton, Dickinson and Company (BD) are vulnerable to the infamous KRACK bug, potentially exposing patient records. Discovered in October, KRACK, which stands for Key Reinstallation Attack, exploits a flaw in the Wi-Fi Protected Access II (WPA2) protocol which is used to secure modern wireless networks. If exploited, KRACK…
Horrified mum sent other woman’s miscarriage details in Women’s Hospital blunder
Today’s reminder that even “small” breaches can have big consequences. Emilia Bona reports on a breach in the UK: A horrified mum was sent details of another woman’s miscarriage after a medical records blunder by Liverpool Women’s Hospital. The mum-of-four, who did not wish to be named, requested her medical notes from the Women’s –…
Worried about Facebook privacy? Don’t forget ancestry sites share your info, too
Peter J. Pitts, a former FDA associate commissioner, is president of the Center for Medicine in the Public Interest. He writes: …. But Facebook isn’t the only firm that puts users’ privacy at risk. Some genetic testing companies like Invitae, 23andMe, and AncestryDNA do too — and the consequences of irresponsibly sharing DNA data are…