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Those are all very plausible, but I'm surprised you didn't guess the most obvious: His healthcare information was not transmitted through technical means. His
by everdrive 7y ago
Those are all very plausible, but I'm surprised you didn't guess the most obvious:
His healthcare information was not transmitted through technical means. His insurer and/or doctor sold the information.
- RL_Quine 7y agoIt’s also possible it was stolen. Though a FOI request against my hospital I was able to find the URLs where they store documents (they printed them and sent them to me, with the URLs at the top), which appear (though I obviously didn’t try) to be vulnerable to enumeration attacks. The files I was supplied with have sequential identifiers.
- lalos 7y agoAssuming they live in the US, that is against HIPAA and in my experience it is taken very seriously since what you described is crime punished by a fine of up to $250,000 and up to 10 years in jail.