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1 more chance : Group claiming DHB cyber attack says it has patients details
(Photo / NZ Herald) Tue, 25 May 2021, 2:34PM
A group claiming to be responsible for the Waikato DHB cyber-attack claims it has accessed confidential patient notes, staff details and financial information.
The district health board s entire system crashed last Tuesday during a cyber-attack that has been described as the biggest in New Zealand s history .
Some surgeries and clinics at the DHB s five hospitals have been postponed and people are being asked to stay away from emergency departments unless it is an emergency while experts try to get the system up and running again, something that is unlikely to happen this week.
Thomas Manch and Libby Wilson14:14, May 25 2021
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Services will be brought back online in a careful and phased approach, Waikato DHB bosses say. This video was first published on May 23, 2021.
As the crippled Waikato District Health Board scrambles to resurrect its hacked IT systems, there is little clarity about how damaging the cyberattack was – or could yet become. Health Minister Andrew Little has confirmed patient data may have been stolen. Waikato District Health Board chief executive Kevin Snee has said it was not clear if any was stolen and patient data “should be recoverable”. A week after the hackers struck the district health board, which as the fifth largest in the country provides care to more than 430,000 people, the IT systems remain unaccessible and there are questions than answers.
Thomas Manch and Libby Wilson20:27, May 25 2021
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It s under investigation by police and the malicious actor could be watching anything that s said, Waikato DHB chief executive Kevin Snee said.
Health Minister Andrew Little says the Government will not pay a ransom as the crippled Waikato District Health Board scrambles to resurrect its hacked IT systems. “The New Zealand Government will not pay ransoms to criminals because this will encourage further offending,” Little said. There is little clarity about how damaging last week’s cyber attack was – or could yet become – and Little’s comment came as he acknowledged the alleged hackers had made contact with media outlets.