A digital health information network for Physicians, hospitals and health insurance companies on a media report that before the Start of the electronic patient record large security gaps. The “mirror” (Friday), citing research by the magazine, the Chaos Computer club (CCC) and the NDR.
The experts of the CCC discovered, therefore, among other things, a data leak in the case of a provider of the electronic chip card, with which Physicians and medical practices access to the encrypted network can get, as it was called.
The personal data of 168 Doctors, who had, apparently, made in the last two weeks of your request on the electronic doctor ID be alone on a day in October, freely available on the Internet. Further research showed that the electronic doctor’s card by using this data by Unauthorized "erschleichen" let.
Hacker ordered unauthorized medical card and health card
The so-called telematics infrastructure (TI) is intended to link the health system and, soon, access to electronic patient records allow. Access to this secured network to " according to the figures, only;officer Teilnehmer" how to Doctors or clinics via a special chip cards to get.
The experts of the CCC is managed according to the figures available to order all three of the relevant cards, a doctor card, a practice pass and an electronic health card – each about a third party and sent to any address.
Also, you could have a so-called connector in the Internet order. The special device should only be to Authorized, issued, used, the connection to the TI restore.
TI is now asking the Chaos Computer Club to help
The company, which is responsible for the development and safety of TI, referred to according to the report, the uncovered weak as "not hinnehmbar". They wanted now to go to the CCC, the safety of the TI "more to optimieren".
There is currently no treatment would have saved the data, that there are currently no patient data is at risk.
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