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Thousands of DICOM servers exposed due to shameful lack of basic security measures

·Source: DataBreaches.net

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Executive Summary

From the way-too-slow-learning-curve dept. Steve Alder reports: Healthcare organizations are exposing a vast amount of patient data by failing to implement even basic security measures for DICOM servers, according to a recent Trend Micro TrendAI analysis. TrendAI identified thousands of internet-facing DICOM servers belonging to hundreds of entities. The lack of security protections puts patient..

Analysis

From the way-too-slow-learning-curve dept. Steve Alder reports: Healthcare organizations are exposing a vast amount of patient data by failing to implement even basic security measures for DICOM servers, according to a recent Trend Micro TrendAI analysis. TrendAI identified thousands of internet-facing DICOM servers belonging to hundreds of entities. The lack of security protections puts patient... Source
Source Attribution

Originally published by DataBreaches.net on May 11, 2026.

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