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A misconfigured server from a US-based AI healthcare firm exposed 5.3 TB of sensitive mental health records, including personal details, assessments, and medical information, posing serious privacy risks for patients.
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Cybersecurity researcher Jeremiah Fowler discovered a non-password-protected misconfigured server containing confidential records from Confidant Health, a Texas-based AI platform offering mental health and addiction treatment services to residents of Connecticut, Florida, New Hampshire, Texas, and Virginia. For your information, Confidant Health offers a range of services including alcohol rehab, an online suboxone clinic, pre-addiction treatment, a behaviour change program, a recovery coach, opioid withdrawal management, and medication-assisted treatment, and has a Telehealth Addiction Recovery app with over 10,000 downloads. The documents revealed psychotherapy intake notes and psychosocial assessments detailing mental health, substance abuse, family issues, psychiatric history, trauma history, medical conditions, and additional diagnoses, Fowler explained in a report shared with Hackread.com ahead of publishing on Friday.
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