Home Privacy & Data Security Philly Health Department Website Exposed Names of Thousands of People with Hepatitis

Philly Health Department Website Exposed Names of Thousands of People with Hepatitis

Oct 14, 2019 0 Comments

A public-data tool built by the Philadelphia Department of Public Health to track the prevalence of hepatitis infections left individuals’ health records accessible, compromising the names, addresses, Social Security numbers, and intimate health records of thousands of people receiving medical care in Philadelphia.

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