Andrew Little: Health Minister says cyber attacks are now a daily reality for health services around the country

Published: Oct. 4, 2022, 6:45 p.m.

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The Health Minister says cyber attacks are now a daily reality for health services around the country.

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Pinnacles Midlands, a network of GP practices in Taranaki, Rotorua, Taupo-Turangi, Thames-Coromandel and Waikato, have been targeted by a cyber attack.

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The patient data of up to 450,000 people may have been compromised.

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Andrew Little told Tim Dower it follows attacks on a Wellington service in 2018, and Waikato DHB last year.

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\\u201cMost organisations these days need to be aware of the risks and take steps to mitigate them."

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