Millions of medical images openly available online

The analyst team at digital risk protection firm CybelAngel has discovered that more than 45 million medical imaging files, including X-rays and CT scans, are freely accessible on unprotected servers. The findings are the result of a six-month investigation into Network Attached Storage (NAS) and Digital Imaging and Communications in Medicine (DICOM), the de facto standard used by healthcare professionals to send and receive medical data. Analysts have discovered millions of sensitive images, including personal healthcare information (PHI), available unencrypted and without password protection. Openly available medical images, with up to 200 lines of metadata per record which included PII… [Continue Reading]