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The DHB confirmed that confidential patient and staff information stolen in the attack is genuine.
Health Minister Andrew Little said he has sought and had reassurances from all DHBs that they have checked their IT systems and their resilience against possible cyber attacks.
But what does that actually mean? How well-prepared are the dozens of government entities and agencies that hold vast amounts of private and critically-important information? New Zealand organisations aren t as well protected as they should be, from a cyber perspective, futurist and chief executive of Gorilla Technology Paul Spain told
Checkpoint. But also they don t want to reveal exactly how they re protecting themselves, in a similar manner to how a military force doesn t want to reveal maybe where their shortcomings are.
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Yesterday, hackers who launched a cyberattack on Waikato District Health Board s system released patient information to several media outlets, including the NZ Herald. We are aware that the media have received what appears to be personal and patient information from Waikato DHB information systems, the hospital group said in an update.
The media agencies refused to divulge the information publicly and have turned it over to the police.
Since then, Waikato DHB has set up a 24/7 privacy helpline, which has taken 34 calls as of today.
WHY IT MATTERS
In a separate statement, Privacy Commissioner John Edwards said he expects Waikato DHB to notify and offer support to the individuals identified in that information without delay .