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Healthcare Data Continues to Leak Over P2P Networks

Published on July 20, 2010 By ccorbet

Computerworld recently reported on a study presented today by Dartmouth College’s Tuck School of Business.  The school’s researchers discovered a plethora of documents containing sensitive data on many of the most used P2P Networks.  Over 3,000 files were found by the researchers, including “a spreadsheet containing insurance details, personally identifying information, physician names and diagnosis [...]

How Data is Leaked Over P2P Networks…

Published on July 20, 2010 By ccorbet

I thought today would be a good opportunity to take a quick step back and explain how sensitive data gets leaked from your device to the “bad guys” via P2P Software. It typically starts when a P2P Application like Limewire or Bitorrent is installed on a PC… whether this PC is a home PC used [...]