2017 — Emory Healthcare: An attack on a database used by Emory Healthcare…

An attack on a database used by Emory Healthcare for patient appointments is the largest health data breach reported to federal regulators so far in 2017. The incident, which exposed data on almost 80,000 individuals, seems to spotlight a persistent problem facing a growing number of organizations that use misconfigured MongoDB and other similar databases, security exerts say (see Database Hijackings: Who's Next?).In a statement posted on its website, Atlanta, Ga.-based Emory Healthcare says tha