In article <002801be336b$608b1f00$0512883e@risk>, Ahmad Risk
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>From: Andrew Herd <[log in to unmask]>
>To: GP-UK <[log in to unmask]>
>Sent: Tuesday, December 29, 1998 7:45 PM
>Subject: Hacking e-mail addresses
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>>Anyone here got an opinion about how hard it is to hack x400 addresses?
>It
>>seems to me that this could be a vulnerable area for NHSnet, in the era
>of
>>the electronic patient record. In other words, it seems possible that
>>someone could impersonate another account holder for the purposes of
>>obtaining clinical or other data.?
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>Easy peasy ;-)
Accessing clinical data?
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>I am not going to say how on a public list.
Why not?
Knowledge that the records could be easily accessed might lead to
plugging the holes....
Mary
Mary Hawking Kingsbury Court Surgery Church Street Dunstable LU5 4RS
tel:01582 663218 (surgery)fax:01582 476488 (surgery)
Member of British Healthcare Internet Association
Dunstable and Houghton Regis Locality Commisssioning Pilot
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