Quest Diagnostics says nearly 12M patients may have had data breached

Re:Quest Diagnostics says nearly 12M patients may have had d... by bifrost on Monday June 03, 2019 @05:39PM (#20089122)

If it was separate from your SSN it could only be used for medical records tracking, thus not used for credit things. The SSN isn't supposed to be used for tracking, but it is anyways...

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Re:Quest Diagnostics says nearly 12M patients may have had d... by freehunter on Monday June 03, 2019 @06:35PM (#20089658)

Exactly. At work I generate different API keys for different purposes, so when/if one gets compromised I can shut it off and generate a new one without all the integrations breaking. Right now SSN is the government's admin/root API key. One compromise and it's game over.

But if my medical ID got stolen I could turn it off and get a new one without invalidating my passport and disqualifying me from a car loan and locking me out of my college transcripts etc.

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Re:Quest Diagnostics says nearly 12M patients may have had d... by FireBeyond on Tuesday June 04, 2019 @04:16AM (#20092997)

Rightly or wrongly, abuse case - drug seeker. Go to doctor, get narcotic prescription. Get new medical ID, go to new doctor, repeat.

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Re:Quest Diagnostics says nearly 12M patients may have had d... by bluGill on Tuesday June 04, 2019 @09:35AM (#20094829)

no, that doesn't solve anything. I could get a new SSN (I can't, but you can imagine I could), but then I need to update everyone who has my old SSN. Your scheme is the same, except slightly less people to notify.

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