Patient details compromised in cyber attack on North Island GP network

NZ Herald reports: 'Patient details have been compromised in a cyber attack targeting a network of GP services across the North Island. Pinnacle Midlands Health Network said in a statement that the "cyber incident" impacted some of its IT services. Offices and practices in Taranaki, Rotorua, Taupō-Tūrangi, Thames-Coromandel and Waikato were impacted. [...] Pinnacle holds personal information such as names, addresses and national health index numbers. Butcher said GP notes were not stored on their files.' -- source: https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/patient-details-compromised-in-cyber-attack-on... Cheers, Peter -- Peter Reutemann Dept. of Computer Science University of Waikato, NZ https://www.cs.waikato.ac.nz/~fracpete/ http://www.data-mining.co.nz/
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