Critical DICOM Server Misconfigurations Lead to Exposure of 1.6M Medical Records

In a regular threat and vulnerability hunting activity, SOCRadar has discovered during their research that thousands of DICOM servers were exposed on the internet due to misconfigurations, resulting in the exposure of patient data for many countries. These identified data include patient names, surnames, birthdates, disease information, images, and similar details.

SOCRadar regularly monitors publicly accessible servers and identifies misconfigured servers, then alerts its customers. The exposure of servers poses a significant risk to companies since it allows access …

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