30K Healthcare Workers’ Info Found On Unprotected Database

Exploit: Data Breach, Misconfiguration
Company: Gale Healthcare Solutions
Industry: Healthcare, Staffing Services
Source: https://www.zdnet.com/article/sensitive-information-of-30k-florida-healthcare-workers-exposed-in-unprotected-database/

A team of ethical hackers at Website Planet reportedly found exposed personal information for more than 30,000 US healthcare workers on a non-password-protected database. The database in question is owned by Florida-based healthcare staffing provider Gale Healthcare Solutions.

The exposed data files were hosted on an unsecured AWS cloud server and contained the PII of healthcare workers that the staffing company placed.

Gale Healthcare Solutions has responded, saying the environment has been deactivated and secured. The company has also stated they found no evidence of any further unauthorized access aside from the team at Website Planet. Gale Healthcare Solutions believes no personal data has been or will be, misused.  

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