MediSecure data breach: cyber security chief says no current prescriptions affected

National cyber security coordinator says scale of ransomware attack on electronic prescriptions provider remains unclear

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Current prescriptions have not been caught up in the MediSecure cyberattack, the national cyber security coordinator has said, but it has yet to be revealed how many people have had their personal information exposed.

The Australian federal police are investigating after the electronic prescriptions provider MediSecure reported being the victim of a large-scale ransomware data breach to national cyber security coordinator on Wednesday.

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