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The Australian Government has been advised by MediSecure that approximately 12.9 million individuals may have had their personal and health information relating to prescriptions, as well as healthcare provider information exposed by a cyber security incident.
What happened?
- A MediSecure database containing personal and health information of individuals and healthcare provider information has been affected by this cyber security incident.
- The affected data relates to prescriptions distributed by MediSecure's systems up until November 2023.
- Information on the data impacted by this breach can be found on MediSecure's public notice at: https://medisecurenotification.com.au/
This data breach has not impacted the current national prescription delivery service.
Both paper and electronic prescriptions continue to operate as normal. People can continue to access medicines, doctors can still prescribe, and pharmacists can still dispense as usual.
People should keep accessing their medications and filling their prescriptions.
What should I be aware of as a result of this incident?
- Patients and medical professionals should be alert for scams, including those that reference the MediSecure data breach. We do not recommend responding to unsolicited contact about this matter.
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