• Privacy Policy
  • About Us
  • Contact Us
  • Home
  • Business
  • Computers
  • Gear
  • Real Estate
  • Review
  • Technology
No Result
View All Result
  • Home
  • Business
  • Computers
  • Gear
  • Real Estate
  • Review
  • Technology
No Result
View All Result
Cartographeum
No Result
View All Result

Dr Lal Pathlabs Left Millions of Patients’ Sensitive Data on Public Server: Report

Juliet Woodard by Juliet Woodard
October 8, 2020
Home Technology
Share on FacebookShare on Twitter

Dr Lal PathLabs reportedly left sensitive data of millions of users on a public server, allegedly allowing anyone to access this information, in a major security lapse. The lab testing company is one of the largest in India and has received approvals from the Indian government for testing COVID-19 patients as well. The firm was reportedly storing hundreds of spreadsheets in a public storage bucket hosted on Amazon Web Services (AWS), until it was informed of the security lapse by an expert. This storage bucket could be accessed by anyone without the need for a password. The spreadsheets contained sensitive information like patient name, address, phone number, among other things.TechCrunch reports that Australia-based security expert Sami Toivonen first discovered this sensitive data last month, and he immediately reported this lapse of security to Dr Lal PathLabs. While the company took the necessary measures to shut down access to the storage bucket, it did not respond to Toivonen, according to the report. There is no clarity on how long this data was public, but it gave access to all of the sensitive patient information – to anyone who wanted it.Toivonen told the publication that the exposed storage bucket had millions of individual patient booking information. The hundreds of spreadsheets that were stored on the AWS public server had information like patient’s name, address, gender, date of birth, phone number, and details of the test that the patient is taking. Some of the bookings even had information on test result, for instance, if a patient had tested COVID-19 positive or not.“I’m glad that they secured it within a few hours after I contacted them because this kind of exposure with millions of patient records could be misused in so many ways by the malicious actors.I was also a little surprised that they didn’t respond to my responsible disclosure,” Toivonen told the publication.Apart from not acknowledging Toivonen, Dr Lal PathLabs has also not offered any public announcement of this data breach. There is also no clarity on whether the organisation has informed the affected patients or not. This little lapse is a prime example of how complacent large organisations still are with storing sensitive information online. Companies, especially the big ones, need to be aware and educated of how to securely store user data on servers.How to find the best deals during online sales? We discussed this on Orbital, our weekly technology podcast, which you can subscribe to via Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, or RSS, download the episode, or just hit the play button below.

Juliet Woodard

Juliet Woodard

Next Post
Part Of George Washington’s Mount Vernon Estate Is For Sale For $60 Million

Part Of George Washington’s Mount Vernon Estate Is For Sale For $60 Million

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

Recommended.

World of Warcraft Comes to Life in a Czech Forest

World of Warcraft Comes to Life in a Czech Forest

September 6, 2020
Cabinet nod for reforms in natural gas marketing

Cabinet nod for reforms in natural gas marketing

October 7, 2020

Trending.

Understanding Emergency Rental Assistance For Landlords And Tenants

Understanding Emergency Rental Assistance For Landlords And Tenants

January 27, 2021
Facebook Bars Deceptive Campaign From Pro-Trump Group

Facebook Bars Deceptive Campaign From Pro-Trump Group

October 10, 2020
Nirmala Sitharaman press meet live | Centre announces Atmanirbhar Bharat Rozgar Yojana for formal sector

Nirmala Sitharaman press meet updates | Finance Minister announces 12 schemes to boost economy

November 12, 2020
Call of the mall – The Hindu

Call of the mall – The Hindu

October 16, 2020
Missing Middle Housing Is A Huge Opportunity Offering Resilient Investment And High Demand

Missing Middle Housing Is A Huge Opportunity Offering Resilient Investment And High Demand

February 17, 2021

Cartographeum brings you the latest information about Tech,Real Estate & Business.

Follow Us

Categories

  • Business
  • Computers
  • Gear
  • Real Estate
  • Review
  • Technology
  • Uncategorized

Tags

Amazon Apple Watch 2 Bombay stock exchange BSE Business Buying Guides china closing trade coronavirus Covid COVID-19 currency dollar rate economy Finance Ministry foreign exchange forex gold india indian economy Indian stock market Industry iOS 10 lockdown luxury homes market and exchange markets nifty Nirmala Sitharaman NSE oil pandemic Playstation 4 Pro rbi real estate Reserve Bank of India rupee rupee rate Rupee value rupee vs dollar sensex Sillicon Valley stock exchange Stocks USD

Recent News

Brotherly Bonds Through Selling San Diego Real Estate

Brotherly Bonds Through Selling San Diego Real Estate

March 6, 2021
How Your ‘Free’ Buyer’s Agent Increases The Cost Of Homeownership (And What Homebuyers Can Do)

How Can Landlords Prepare For 2021?

March 5, 2021
  • Privacy Policy
  • About Us
  • Contact Us

© 2021 JNews - Premium WordPress news & magazine theme by Jegtheme.

No Result
View All Result
  • Home
  • Review
  • Computers
  • Gear

© 2021 JNews - Premium WordPress news & magazine theme by Jegtheme.