Cyber Breach Impacts Family Violence, Sex Assault Data

Published on May 4, 2024

Family violence and sexual assault data of 4000 Victorians collected over two decades by one of the state’s largest health services has been caught up in a data breach. Monash Health on May 3 confirmed its involvement in a breach at external company ZircoDATA, which the health service used to scan archived historical documents. The breach involved information from family violence and sexual assault support units at Monash Medical Centre, the Queen Victoria Hospital, and Southern Health from 1970 to 1993, the health service’s chief executive Eugine Yafele said. Monash Health found out about the breach on March 27 and believes it involves about 4000 people....

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