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There are some interesting security issues in the underlying systems that pharmacies like PillPack use. Here is a security advisory for PillPack from 2015: https://wwws.nightwatchcybersecurity.com/2015/04/30/advisory...

Basically the system that pharmacies used to transfer prescriptions isn't secure

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You're basing this off a 3yr old security review of a 2yr old startup (at the time: founded in 2013, reviewed in 2015)? Got anything more recent? 3yrs is a lifetime in startup years.

Plus they now have plenty of money to hire the best security firms to pen test their systems, plug holes, and run a serious monitoring operation.

PillPack was founded in 2013: https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/pillpack

Also read the advisory - the issue is not with them - it's with the legacy prescription transfer systems they hook into. That is something they cannot hire someone to pentest without getting all of their competitors to agree.

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