Victorian public health service Monash Health recently revealed that it was affected by the recent ZircoDATA hack.
In February, ZircoDATA, which provides secure document storage, information governance, conversion and digital destruction services to 9,000 customers across Australia, reported a breach in its systems. mine. The Victoria-based company also handles some of Monash Health’s archived historical documents.
On May 3, Monash Health said some historical data relating to domestic violence victims had been exposed. in the hack.
“Investigative analysis indicates that Monash Health’s information relating to the ZircoDATA data breach related to the selection of data stored from domestic violence and sexual assault units at Monash Medical Centre, Queen Victoria Hospital and Southern Health, were limited to the period 1970 to 1993,” said Eugine Yafele, chief executive of Monash Health, said in a statement.
The National Cyber Security Office has been made aware of this development.
Monash Health guarantees that its systems have not been compromised nor affected by a cyber attack.
“Monash Health is deeply sorry that the external breach occurred and we continue to cooperate with ZircoDATA on the investigation,” Yafele said.
BIGGER TREND
On the dark web, the Black Basta ransomware group claimed responsibility for the ZircoDATA hack, saying it stole approximately 395 gigabytes of data including financial documents, personal information and confidential transactions. It initially set a ransom deadline of March 1.
Lieutenant General Michelle McGuinness, National Cyber Security Coordinator, said they have assisted ZircoDATA in reaching affected customers. She noted that other government agencies were also affected.
“The majority of these organizations are still in the process of working with ZircoDATA to identify impacted data and any victims, and have not yet begun notifying affected individuals,” McGuinness said. . There are clear processes in place for ZircoDATA and affected government entities to handle.” .
Before the new year, St Vincent’s Health, one of the country’s largest not-for-profit health and aged care providers, also reported a data breach by unidentified hackers. made, although they said no sensitive data was stolen.
