The portal Zaufana Trzecia Strona has recently informed about a leakage of over 50,000 data records from the Independent Public Medical Facility in Koło (town in central Poland).

The stolen data did not concern patients alone, but also included  confidential informations about the hospital staff.

The culprits responsible for the theft have accessed patient healthcare records, containing the most valuable information available, including personal and social security numbers, home addresses and patient health histories.

In the case of hospital staff, the stolen data included series and numbers of the ID cards, mothers' maiden names and bank accounts' numbers.

Surprisingly, to acquire the access to the sensitive data, the culprits needed only to find the right server address. Accessing the data did not even require any login!

As emphasized by the Zaufana Trzecia Strona portal, such carelessness allows the scammers to easily steal personal informations, and use them later to raid bank accounts or to take out loans.

You can read more about the identity theft phenomena, and its dire consequences here.