Dan Gillmor on Nostr: There are multiple scandals in this story about a patient demanding a hospital pay ...
There are multiple scandals in this story about a patient demanding a hospital pay ransomware to attempt to remove her naked photos from the Internet.
-- The hospital took the photos apparently with "permission" the patient didn't realize she was giving, no doubt hidden in the voluminous admissions fine print no one ever reads.
-- The hospital put the pictures where criminals could get to them.
-- The hospital's security was abysmal, which is all too common.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/patient-seeks-to-force-hospital-network-to-pay-hackers-ransom-to-remove-naked-photos-online-46ee754
-- The hospital took the photos apparently with "permission" the patient didn't realize she was giving, no doubt hidden in the voluminous admissions fine print no one ever reads.
-- The hospital put the pictures where criminals could get to them.
-- The hospital's security was abysmal, which is all too common.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/patient-seeks-to-force-hospital-network-to-pay-hackers-ransom-to-remove-naked-photos-online-46ee754