NSW Health breach exposes dental practitioners’ records
A server linked to NSW Health’s dental care assistance scheme in Australia was breached, and identity information and other records belonging to external healthcare providers were stolen. Police estimated that approximately 4 GB of data was stolen, with some practitioners’ licence and vaccination documents also affected. Authorities said they had secured the system and begun investigating with police, and that no impact on patient information or clinical services had been confirmed.
Key facts
- Affected organisation
- NSW Health
- Incident type
- Data breach
- Occurred / detected
- Not confirmed
- Scale of damage
- Approximately 4 GB of external healthcare provider data, according to police estimates
- Cause / method
- Unauthorised access to a server associated with the dental care assistance scheme website
- Location
- Australia
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Timeline
- The server breach was designated a major cyber incident, and the police cybercrime squad launched an investigation.
- Police estimated that approximately 4 GB of external dental care provider data had been stolen.
- The state privacy regulator confirmed receipt of a formal notification about the incident.
- Some practitioners’ licence and vaccination documents were affected, while no breach of patient information was confirmed.
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