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Nurses' Data Left Open in S3 Bucket Blunder

ESHYFT, a health tech company, exposed sensitive data of over 86,000 nurses by leaving a 108GB AWS S3 bucket unprotected. This breach included medical records, personal ID documents, and facial images. The security lapse lasted for months before being rectified.
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Nurses' Data Left Open in S3 Bucket Blunder

🔍 'Uber for nurses' left 86K+ records exposed in an open S3 bucket. How did this happen and what does it mean for data privacy? #DataSecurity #PrivacyConcerns

  1. ESHYFT, a health tech company, left an unprotected AWS S3 bucket containing sensitive information of over 86,000 nurses for months.
  2. The exposed data included medical records, ID documents, and facial images.
  3. The security oversight was corrected only recently, highlighting significant data protection failures.

The Register: Security: 'Uber for nurses' exposes 86K+ medical records, PII in open S3 bucket for months

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