Delay in revealing theft of medical data labelled 'unacceptable'

A delay in disclosing that hackers stole medical records is being labelled unacceptable, ABC News Australia reports. The attackers may have obtained patients' names, birth dates, addresses, Medicare numbers, and notes on their treatment. Medicare is Australia's national public health insurance scheme, which makes those numbers a key identifier tied to nearly every resident's care.

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