GB Arrowe Park Hospital 1994 Hacking (Q9479)
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A data breach risk event
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GB Arrowe Park Hospital 1994 Hacking
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A data breach risk event
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48CD7CE0-D5BF-4775-8260-4564B5558183
January 1994
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According to a story published in 1994, Dominic Rymer, then a 21-year-old male nurse in the United Kingdom, had hacked into the computer system at Arrowe Park Hospital, Wirral and modified the prescriptions for two patients. Nurse- hacker Alters Hospital Prescriptions, Computer Audit Update (February 1, 1994), 1994 WLNR 3804526. Heres how the story described what Rymer did: A nine-year-old boy, suffering from meningitis was only saved from serious harm by a sharp-eyed ward sister. She spotted that the youngsters prescription had been altered the previous day to include drugs used to treat heart disease and high blood pressure and an investigation was immediately launched. It was then discovered that . . . Rymer had also secretly used the computer system at Arrowe Park Hospital . . . to pr (English)
