Health information hack in New Zealand affects 45 GP practices
A health information hack in New Zealand affected 45 GP practices in the Northland region. Patients were left without adequate information about the incident, and an affected patient expressed concern about identity theft. The specific scale of the leak and the response measures have not been confirmed.
Key facts
- Affected organisation
- Being confirmed
- Incident type
- Data breach
- Occurred / detected
- Not confirmed
- Scale of damage
- 45 GP practices in the Northland region affected
- Cause / method
- Health information hack
- Location
- New Zealand
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Timeline
- It became known that 45 GP practices in the Northland region had been affected by a health information hack.
- A patient affected by the hack raised concerns about identity theft.
4 related reports
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The summary and key facts are written by AI from related reports and may contain errors. Check the original articles and the organisation’s official statements for accurate details.