University of Chicago hospital patient information was potentially vulnerable to hackers due to weaknesses in the University’s network, a Maroon investigation revealed. Experts suspect that vulnerabilities like these are likely to be found at many hospitals, universities, and institutions around the world.
Exactly. And it would be a shame if just one hospital network got a bad rap or reputation for problems that many experience. If we start punishing entities for audits, we only discourage them from addressing concerns.
Let’s think a bit more about how we react publicly.
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