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Zack Whittaker on Nostr: RE: This is insane. I wrote about the NHS leaking medical data over unencrypted ...

RE: https://infosec.exchange/@metacurity/117093610555674034

This is insane. I wrote about the NHS leaking medical data over unencrypted pagers back in *2019*! https://techcrunch.com/2019/10/30/nhs-pagers-medical-health-data/

NHS was meant to phase out pagers by 2021, but apparently several NHS organizations didn't phase out their pager infrastructure, thus leading to the data leak of people's health data.
A BBC investigation found NHS Blood and Transplant (NHSBT) sent the names, dates of birth and types of organs being offered or needed to members of hospital transplant teams who were using pagers, unaware they were not encrypted
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/clyj92j210do