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    Hackers Steal 160,000 Health Records From UC Berkeley Database

    Hackers Steal 160,000 Health Records From UC Berkeley Database

    Think about this for a second, who the heck would have the motive to steal 160,000 health records? Does the word "insurance companies" come to mind. Many of their stocks have been declining. Perhaps they want to know who to insure (and who not to insure)? Maybe they hired hackers to do this? Ask yourself, why would anyone else want to steal these record? Notice that they stole them from a school with students who tend to be well off (and have well off families). Why not steal them from a school with students who have less money? Perhaps because well off students (and families) are more likely to get health insurance? It would be interesting to know the percentage of students at UC Berkley that get health insurance (vs other schools). I'm not saying insurance companies were behind it, just that this is something we should consider the possibility of and it's at least good reason why we shouldn't want our health records stolen.

    To say that these insurance companies are too ethical to do something like this or that they wouldn't want to risk getting caught is certainly nonsense (the FDA and Bayer got away with selling Aids tainted blood overseas and there were virtually no consequences for either of them. There is very little accountability for the rich and the powerful in this country even when they do get caught. Merck hid data about Vioxx and they are still rich and powerful. Did anyone go to jail for that? No. The people who conducted that fraud are still rich and about with very few to no consequences. The list of this complete lack of accountability goes on and on). This notion that such a conspiracy is impossible and that these corporations are too ethical and too risk aversive to do something like that (as if consequences exist in this country for those who commit such crime) is just nonsense that our media and culture has brainwashed us to believe.
    Last edited by Bettawrekonize; 05-10-2009 at 11:33 AM.



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    They will continue to ratchet up this type of news in the MSM until they get the internet shut down!
    “The spirits of darkness are now among us. We have to be on guard so that we may realize what is happening when we encounter them and gain a real idea of where they are to be found. The most dangerous thing you can do in the immediate future will be to give yourself up unconsciously to the influences which are definitely present.” ~ Rudolf Steiner

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    And to think there is a move to put every ones health records into one database...

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    Quote Originally Posted by ItsTime View Post
    And to think there is a move to put every ones health records into one database...
    Oh, but, the governments databases will be securer---trust them!! <\Sarcasm/>
    “The spirits of darkness are now among us. We have to be on guard so that we may realize what is happening when we encounter them and gain a real idea of where they are to be found. The most dangerous thing you can do in the immediate future will be to give yourself up unconsciously to the influences which are definitely present.” ~ Rudolf Steiner

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    Quote Originally Posted by donnay View Post
    Oh, but, the governments databases will be securer---trust them!! <\Sarcasm/>
    This stuff should be encrypted. We have perfectly good, secure encryption algorithms (AES 256), it's just that these entities are too cheap to encrypt it (since proper encryption and decryption is a processor intensive, time consuming and hence expensive process).



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