Thousands of People’s Medical and Financial Records Exposed in Bloom Hearing’s Ransomware Attack

Audiology services provider Bloom Hearing Specialists has been hit by a ransomware attack, with confidential information of current and former patients and staff exposed. The breach occurred on July 5, and the company, which operates hundreds of clinics around Australia and New Zealand under its own brand and other brands including HearClear Audiology and Brad Hutchinson Hearing, published an “important security update” on its website on July 9. However, customers told The Epoch Times they only received email notifications from the company, owned by Active Hearing Pty Ltd., on Aug. 22. While T&W Medical ultimately owns the company, neither the name T&W Medical nor the Australian Company Number supplied for it appear on the ASIC or Australian Business Register databases....