Australians’ prescription information was accessed in the hack on MediSecure, the national cybersecurity co-ordinator has confirmed, escalating the stakes in the ransomware case.
Doctors’ personal information was also accessed by the anonymous hackers, along with Medicare numbers of an unknown portion of the Australians who received more than 143 million digital scripts between 2020 and 2023.
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Nick Bonyhady is a technology writer for the Australian Financial Review, based in Sydney. He is a former technology editor, industrial relations and politics reporter at the Sydney Morning Herald and Age. Connect with Nick on Twitter. Email Nick at nick.bonyhady@afr.com
