How did top secret plans for the Presidential helicopter get to Iran?
An employee of a defense contractor had P2P file sharing software on his computer.
P2P networks, such as BitTorrent or Limewire, are often used by young people to trade songs and videos, and may open your system to access by any hacker in the world.
These file sharing program should never be installed on business computers, let alone computers full of confidential patient data.
Your network should be audited for unauthorized software, and no one (including the physicians) should be allowed to download or install unauthorized software on any practice desktop, laptop or server.
And those cute screensaver programs that pop up on your screen? During a download you are likely to get spyware and adware, or maybe something worse.
Business computers should be all business.
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