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GP clinic network hit by major cyber breach

Cardiff Medical Centre and Skin Cancer Clinic is one of 16 facilities believed to have been impacted in a cyber breach. (Facebook: Partnered Health Medical Centres)

A network of GP clinics across the country has been hit in a cyber attack, with sensitive medical records and personal information stolen.

Partnered Health, which operates over 50 general practice and skin cancer clinics, has identified more than a dozen locations where it fears patient information has been taken.

The company says it is working with government cyber agencies and has sought legal orders to protect the information stolen.

A network of GP practices and skin cancer clinics has been hit in a major cyber attack, with personal medical records stolen.

Patient details exposed in cyberattack on Australian healthcare provider

An Australian healthcare provider has been hit by a cyberattack that has stolen personal information from 21 clinics in its national network, including test results, consultation notes and Medicare details.

Partnered Health on Wednesday notified patients of the cyberattack more than three weeks after becoming aware that a “malicious actor” accessed its data.

Clinics in Ultimo, Castle Hill, Sans Souci and Dural are among the Sydney general practices where personal medical information has been stolen, including diagnostic and pathology results recorded at the clinics, and consultation notes and referral letters held by the practices. Personal information such as home addresses, private health insurance details and Medicare information has also been compromised.

Bupa-target Partnered Health hit by cyberattack before acquisition

Patients of medical clinics around Australia managed by the Partnered Health Group have been told their private information, including pathology results, may have been stolen, three weeks after the group suffered a cyberattack.

More than 20 of the group’s medical centres around Australia, which include the North Canberra Family Practice in the ACT and the Joondalup City Medical Group in Western Australia, could have been affected by a cyberattack by a “malicious actor” on June 23, the group said on Wednesday after revealing the attack.

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