Microsoft, which has recently been accused of causing unfair competition by the European Commission, is now facing a different accusation. It is claimed that a former employee of Microsoft stole the data of millions of patients. If the company is found guilty when the case is concluded, the giant company may once again incur great burdens.
Microsoft, which recently came to the fore with the accusation that it was entering into unfair competition with rival platforms such as Slack by including Teams in its office suites, is now facing an accusation of data theft. The company, which will try to defend itself to escape the European Commission’s $6 billion fine, has to deal with what Nuance, a subsidiary of its subsidiary that provides IT services, inflicted on the former employee.
Microsoft remains silent on the issue
American healthcare company Gelsinger had to admit in an official statement this week that millions of patient data were stolen. A former Microsoft employee, who was reported to have accessed the data of more than 600 thousand employees and former employees in 13 different hospitals, as well as patients, was caught and imprisoned after this situation was discovered.
According to information from sources, there is no financial information among the information stolen by the former Microsoft employee. However, it contains very important confidential data such as the names, dates of birth, addresses and most importantly, medical records of patients and their relatives.
Microsoft and Nuance, the subsidiary company of the famous company that continues its activities on voice recognition, have not yet made a statement on the subject. On the other hand, the Gelsinger camp also received serious criticism about why it kept the incident that took place in November last year a secret until today.
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According to the statement made by the management, the company officials were warned by the police in case they hindered their investigations and were prevented from making a press statement.
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