From The Local in Sweden:
Three million Swedes may have had their medical journals available to prying eyes, after a large-scale IT failure affected patients in Stockholm and Gotland.
The Dagens Nyheter (DN) newspaper, which made the discovery, reported on Wednesday that there were signs that intruders had tried to access medical journals.
The medical log system Take Care, which is used by hospitals and general practices both in Stockholm County and on the island of Gotland, experienced several technical malfunctions this past summer. Several journals were simply connected straight to the internet without a firewall on the central servers, several sources told DN.
The security lapse persisted for eight months, allowing outsiders to access the system. While sources told the newspaper that there were signs of attempted breaches, Stockholm County deputy administrative head Anders Nyström demented [sic] the claim.
