Mental Health Records Database Found Exposed On Web
By Marianne Kolbasuk McGee (HealthInfoSec) An AI-powered virtual care provider's unsecured database allegedly exposed thousands of sensitive mental health and substance abuse treatment records between patients and their counselors on the internet - where they were available to anyone, said the security researcher who discovered the trove. Although it is unclear how long the records were allegedly left exposed, Texas-based virtual care company Confidant Health secured the data within hours of hearing from security researcher Jeremiah Fowler, who notified the firm about his discovery. In total, the 5.3-terabyte database -...