Medicare portal database exposed health providers’ Social Security numbers
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A Medicare portal database has been reported to have exposed the Social Security numbers of health providers. The exposure appears to have been inadvertent and the database was publicly accessible. Reports attribute the error to the Trump administration, which had designed the portal as part of an effort to modernize Medicare.
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