Saxony pager leak: emergency call messages apparently readable online
An emergency call comes in and anyone can read along: sensitive patient data from Saxony's rescue service and fire brigade pagers has apparently been intercepted.
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According to the reporting, the data was intercepted from the pager alerts and then made available on the internet. Pagers are the small devices that tell paramedics and volunteer firefighters where to go and what they are heading into. Those messages can contain details about a patient's condition, which is exactly the kind of information that should not be public.
What is the Saxony pager leak?
In short, a pager breakdown, or leak, in which emergency call messages from rescue and fire services in Saxony can apparently be read by anyone. The word "apparently" matters here: the material available so far does not confirm the full scope.
What we don't know yet
How the data was captured, who is behind the publication, how many messages are affected and how long they have been accessible was not clear from the information available. Neither is it known what the responsible authorities plan to do about it.
For people in Saxony, the practical worry is privacy: an emergency is the moment when you have the least control over what happens to your personal health information. Further details are expected to come from the operators of the alert systems and the authorities.
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