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Contractor Folds After Causing Breaches
talkinsecurity writes "A single contractor, privately-held Verus Inc., has been traced as the source of no less than five hospital security breaches in the past two months — and those breaches have put the company out of business in a matter of weeks. Verus, which managed the websites of as many as 60 of the country's largest hospitals, has folded its entire business within the past few weeks, without a word to anyone. Apparently, a single IT error led to the exposure of at least five hospitals' patient data — at least 100,000 individuals' personal information — and caused Verus' primary investor to pull the plug. The hospitals, which initially reported their breaches separately, were left with no one to sue."
This is another of the many advantages of outsourcing...
It's never too late to stop doing something wrong, or to start doing something right.
The hospitals, which initially reported their breaches separately, were left with no one to sue
Next time, theyll buy IBM, I guess.
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