The health tech software giant, which makes the widely used MyChart system for accessing medical data, will focus on fixing security bugs for the next few weeks.
Medical records giant Epic pauses product development to fix security bugs that risk patients’ data
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Epic has paused most of its product development to fix security bugs that could allow access to patients' data. The company is working to protect its software and systems from cyberattacks.
- Epic's MyChart software is used to maintain over 320 million patient records across the US.
- The company's chief security officer says some customer configurations of MyChart could allow outsiders to access patient records without being recorded.
- Epic does not have access to customers' medical data, but a bug could allow hackers to compromise multiple MyChart systems.
- The company is using an AI model to identify and fix security vulnerabilities.
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