Groene Hart Hospital Data Breach (2012)

A hospital in Gouda, the Netherlands called Groene Hart Ziekenhuis (Green Heart Hospital) had according to Bonnie at the Nederlands Genootschap van Hackende Huisvrouwen (Netherlands Society of Hacking Housewives) and reported to the journalist Brenno de Winter (@brenno) allowed weakly configured servers which contained confidential information accessible to the internet which contained patient data for almost half a million people. These sensitive systems had been left in an insecure state for several years. Information which was exposed: Patient Name Date of Birth Address Tax ID number (BSN like US Social Security number) Telephone number Patient number Insurance number Diagnosis Medication Lab results X-rays and similar medical imaging Treatment plans