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DII-2026-00135
ReportedReported by fewer than three independent publishers, with no official finding.

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

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...

11 May 2026 · Accidental exposure and misconfiguration
11 May 2026
DII-2026-001353 sources ↓
Quick facts
Category
Accidental exposure and misconfiguration
Source
DataBreaches.net
Date
11 May 2026
Drafted by
Raidu Incident Detection

What happened

Not publicly disclosed.

Classification

Category
Accidental exposure and misconfiguration
Industry
Healthcare

Sources and evidence

This record was researched and written by the Index, based on the following original reporting.

DataBreaches.net
Thousands of DICOM servers exposed due to shameful lack of basic security measures
11 May 2026
trendmicro.com
analysis
hipaajournal.com
HIPAA Journal