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MediSecure ransomware hits 12.9 million Australians
Australian e-prescription provider MediSecure said prescription data on 12.9 million people was stolen in a ransomware attack.
- Organisation
- MediSecure
- Disclosed
- 16 May 2024
- Affected
- 12,900,000
- Data
- Prescriptions, Medicare numbers, personal data
- Attacker
- Unknown
- Severity
- critical
- Region
- Global
- Source
- Infosecurity Magazine ↗
Cite this
Nuffield Consulting, “MediSecure ransomware hits 12.9 million Australians”, The Daily Tech Wire outage & breach log, 16 May 2024. https://techwire.nuffieldconsulting.com/incidents/2024-05-16-medisecure-breach/ (retrieved 15 Nov 2026).
This entry summarises public reporting. Please also cite the original source: Infosecurity Magazine, https://infosecurity-magazine.com/news-features/top-cyber-attacks-2024.
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