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SKY NEWS LIVE SubscribeLog in * My account * Log out * * Home * Australiashow more * Politics * Defence & foreign affairs * Coronavirus * Crime * Sport * Weather * Worldshow more * United States * United Kingdom * China * Global Affairs * Opinionshow more * Andrew Bolt * Chris Kenny * Paul Murray * Peta Credlin * Rita Panahi * Sharri Markson * Outsiders * Insights & analysis * Businessshow more * Finance * Markets * Media * Real Estate * Tech & innovation * Energy * Science * Lifestyleshow more * Arts & Culture * Celebrity Life * Health * Trending * Streamshow more * Live channels * Opinion programs * News shows * Documentaries * Listenshow more * Sky News Radio * The Bolt Report * Business Now * Business Weekend * Credlin * Erin * The Kenny Report * The Late Debate * The Media Show * Outsiders * Paul Murray Live * Power Hour * The Rita Panahi Show * Royal Report * Sharri * Steve Price * The Sunday Showdown * The U.S. Report * Special Investigations * Australia News Updated 'LARGE-SCALE RANSOMWARE DATA BREACH' ATTACKS NATIONAL MEDIUM-SIZED HEALTH PROVIDER, AS GOVT AGENCIES INVESTIGATE Sky News Australia can reveal a private health provider has been hit by a "large-scale ransomware data breach" in another nationally significant cyber attack. Adriana MagerosDigital Reporter 2 min read May 16, 2024 - 11:50AM 15 comments Data breach against medium-sized health provider revealed Sky News can reveal there’s been another nationally significant data breach. Video Player is loading. Play Video Pause UP NEXT Peter Dutton putting Labor in a ‘difficult positio... 02:32 Unmute Loaded: 93.69% Stream Type LIVE Remaining Time -0:11 Settings Video Quality medium AutoPlay Log in Video Autoplay Premium Feature Switching off the video autoplay is available only to skynews.com.au subscribers. If you are a subscriber, please log in and access the video settings again. Video QualityHighMediumLow 1x Playback Rate Captions * captions off, selected Fullscreen Current Time 0:04 / Duration 0:15 This is a modal window. Beginning of dialog window. Escape will cancel and close the window. 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Sky News Chief News Anchor Kieran Gilbert on Thursday said he has been told by government sources that a "medium-sized" health provider had been impacted by a data breach. "Sky News can reveal there's been another nationally significant data breach," he said. "Government sources have told me this breach has impacted a medium-sized health provider. "Now it's not the public health system or public hospitals we're taking about, but a provider within the health system." It is understood the scope and severity of the breach was not to the extent of attacks which have previously impacted Optus or Medibank. ROLLING NEWS COVERAGE NOW AVAILABLE TO STREAM Stream Australia’s news channel featuring award-winning journalists and insights from the biggest names in opinion. Stream live and on-demand with a SkyNews.com.au Streaming Subscription. T&Cs apply. Content accessible in Australia only. National Cyber Security Coordinator Lieutenant General Michelle McGuinness has described the attack on the organisation as a "large-scale ransomware data breach". "Yesterday afternoon I was advised by a commercial health information organisation that it was the victim of a large-scale ransomware data breach incident," Lieutenant McGuinness said in a statement to Sky News. "I am working with agencies across the Australian government, states and territories to coordinate a whole-of-government response to this incident." SponsoredSponsored |Health Insurance Comparison Learn More Seniors Outraged Over Private Health Costs Are Flocking To This Service Undo by Taboolaby Taboola Lieutenant McGuinness said the Australian Signals Directorate's Australian Cyber Security Centre is aware of the breach, and Australian Federal Police are investigating. "We are in the very preliminary stages of our response and there is limited detail to share at this stage," she said. "I will continue to provide updates as we progress." There has been a "large-scale ransomware data breach" on a private health provider, Sky News can reveal. Picture: Getty Images Home Affairs Minister Clare O'Neil said she had been briefed about incident in recent days and the government convened a National Coordination Mechanism on Thursday. "The @AUCyberSecCoord, Michelle McGuinness, is leading work across the Australian government to support the company in managing this large-scale ransomware incident," Ms O'Neil wrote on X. "Updates will be provided in due course. Speculation at this stage risks undermining significant work underway to support the company’s response." Speaking to Sky News on Wednesday, shadow home affairs and cyber security minister James Paterson said the data breach is "yet another reminder of the very dangerous cyber threat environment that we live in". "The health sector is a major target for both criminal and state-backed actors," the Senator said. "Criminal actors like to use it for ransomware because the health sector is often vulnerable to those targets and sometimes they do pay, and nation state-backed actors use it as an opportunity to gather intelligence and information about us. "But also, as we've seen reported in the media in recent weeks, they are seeking to establish dormant presences on significant networks, critical infrastructure networks, and the health system is included in that." The breach did not impact the public health sector or hospitals. Picture: Getty Images Senator Paterson stressed breaches of health-related data can be concerning for people given the sensitivity of the information. "It's some of the most personally and privately significant information that exists about a person, the medical treatment that you're receiving, the medicine that you might be using, your private health insurance details," he said. "This is very distressing for Australians when it is released publicly." In late 2022, about 9.7 million customers were impacted by a major cyber attack on Medibank, which saw people's names, dates of birth and other sensitive private health information leaked online. Optus was hit by a separate data hack that same year which exposed the personal information of millions of customers, including passport and driver's licences numbers, and Medicare cards. * * * * Read More Join the conversation (15 comments) ADD YOUR COMMENT TO THIS STORY To join the conversation, please log in. Don't have an account? 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