Hackers Attack Australia’s Largest Not-For-Profit Hospital Network

Published on December 22, 2023

Cybercriminals have managed to hack into the database of Australia’s largest not-for-profit health and aged care provider, forcing authorities to scramble to figure out the details of the incident. On Dec. 22, St Vincent’s Health Australia, which operates 10 private hospitals and 26 aged-care facilities across New South Wales, Victoria, and Queensland, announced that it discovered a hack a few days earlier. “On Tuesday, 19 December 2023, St Vincent’s Health Australia began responding to a cybersecurity incident,” the hospital network said in a statement. “Late on Thursday, 21 December, St Vincent’s found evidence that cyber criminals had removed some data from our network.”...

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