Ban leak or sale of patient data

I know I am not a regular member of this forum and that many of you hate or ridicule journalists and researchers, but I'm going to say something anyway because I spent decades of my life as a healthcare professional and researcher before becoming a breach blogger:

Ban the leak or sale of patient data. There are morally bankrupt people out there locking patient data without regard for the fact that delayed treatment can contribute to earlier death for patients. There are others who think that as long as they don't lock the data, they are fine. They are not fine. When medical practices have to take services offline to investigate hacks, when resources have to be redirected to deal with cyberattacks from patient care, it is the patients who suffer.

Take the high road on this. Don't be those people.

Thanks for giving me an opportunity to say all this.

I guess that is something thats pretty debatable,, I dont think all healthcare related data tho, stuff like mental health records or other highly sensitive info (and i dont mean sensitive like gov) should not be allowed.. no one wants to see another leak like the Vastaamo one that was horrible

same with dating app data or anything else that could ruin someones life if it gets out, If a breach can lead to RL harm, maybe that kind of data just shouldnt be touched at all

IMO healthcare related date should remain sensitive, whilst others don't die to their own ethical and moral compass, I found a backup file for Bendigo Healthcare and instantly deleted it, as that sort of information should remain to their medical caregiver. However, I'm someone who doesnt operate the site, so I can't do much unfortunately surrounding the sharing of healthcare info. But I believe there should be some ground rules surrounding critical infrastructure like health and wealthfare.

I've also been in and oth of hospital and that's a very sesitive subject to agree we allow that kinda to be hosted on the site. Again, I agree with OP.

No, medical data will be sold regardless of if it's on the forum or not. If the database is genuine you should not restrict people from selling it. You can make an argument for any database posted/sold on the forum as being immoral.