A Dublin cybersecurity researcher, Aaron Costello, has uncovered a significant data leak involving 1.1 million NHS employee records due to flawed configuration settings in Microsoft Power Pages. This emphasizes the critical risk associated with improper management of cloud-based systems.
Mr. Costello's previous revelation of a security flaw in the HSE's Covid vaccination portal, which also exposed a million individuals' data, highlights a recurring pattern of data vulnerability tied to configuration errors.
The disclosed NHS employee data encompassed sensitive information such as email addresses, phone numbers, and home addresses, raising serious concerns about privacy and data security in healthcare systems.
This incident serves as a stark reminder of the importance of cybersecurity measures and the potential consequences of overlooking proper configuration settings in widely-used software platforms.
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