grey May 27
Jason Lefkowitz
Got a letter from the urology center that treated my kidney stone a few years back telling me that their systems have been hacked, which I guess is at least a novel way to get your dick pics leaked
May 27 at 7:01pmWeb
Show threadJ MillerMay 27

@jalefkowit

Likewise my mammography center!

Also, if you're lucky, keep your eyes open for a class action settlement in a couple of years🤞 .

I thought it particularly tasteless that the class action firm sent this as a postcard, asking you to return the postcard with your email address or phone number written on it. They had an option to get a check sent to the address on file, too, but checks don't work well for everyone. (Not expecting a large check, either, lol).

Show threadCosmicCactusMay 28
@JMMaok @jalefkowit Do the hackers steal the actual .DICOM files too? What would they do with them? The only application i can think of is maybe to train some machine learning model to detect pathologies.
Show threadJ MillerMay 28

@CosmicCactus @jalefkowit

In my case I think they said only account data was compromised. But it's probably hard to prove a negative to a bunch of lawyers, especially when the center's cybersecurity was clearly crap to begin with.

In the case of mammography, image files also show who has implants or reconstruction. Not sure of the extortion potential of that, but it would make people uncomfortable to have that info out there. That could be a goal of misogynist hackers. 1/2

Show threadJ MillerMay 28

@CosmicCactus @jalefkowit

There was an incident of mammography-related hacking in 2007 (discovered in 2009) that got quite a bit of attention, because UNC Chapel Hill considered dismissing a tenured full professor who oversaw a breast cancer research program https://databreaches.net/2010/10/07/cancer-researcher-fights-unc-demotion-over-data-breach/

As much as I think this data breach is horrible, the discipline held the faculty member to an unusually high standard. Speculation - whose data were included in the leak? 2/2

Show threadJ MillerMay 28

@jalefkowit

Sorry your shitpost tapped into this deep cut 😄

@CosmicCactus

Show threadSOwOphie 🖥️👈 👀May 28

@JMMaok @CosmicCactus @jalefkowit And then, there's shit like this:

CW: CT scan of a female abdomen, personal info clearly visible

https://fedi.computernewb.com/@vncresolver/116647133376755484

Sometimes connecting to public, unprotected VNC servers is enough to "hack a medical provider" ...

VNC Resolver (@[email protected])

Attached: 1 image IP/Port: 189.115.139.178:5900 Hostname: corporativo.static.gvt.net.br Client Name: N/A Location: Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, BR 🇧🇷 ASN: AS18881 TELEFÔNICA BRASIL S.A VNC Password: 1234 ID: 94627533 Added to DB: 05/07/2025, 01:24:33 AM (UTC) Last seen: 05/06/2025, 09:22:35 PM (UTC) https://computernewb.com/vncresolver/browse#id/94627533

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Show threadjwzMay 28
@JMMaok @jalefkowit Keep a lookout for your one dollar and NINE CENTS!
Show threadBishop Greer GodseyMay 27
@jalefkowit something similar happened to me. The thieves are now suing me for the cost of their therapy! lol
Show threadModernMaslowMay 27
@jalefkowit Can they use it against you, since your kidney was stoned?..
Show threadJohn DetersMay 28
@jalefkowit No matter what, if your urology center notifies you that something is leaking, it's not going to be good news.
Show threadAdam KennedyMay 28
@targetdrone @jalefkowit Boooooo 😁
Show threadChristian LaufMay 28
@jalefkowit And "We hacked your urologist. Send us money or we will leak your dickpics" should be a waaay better approach at extortion than all these "we hacked your never connected webcam and therefore didn't caught you masturbating. Anyways we want money." scam mails. 😂😅
Show threadfuricleMay 28
@jalefkowit sounds painful
Show threadMax LMay 28
@jalefkowit

you might wanna get that leak look at by a urologist?