Oct 27 (Reuters) - Australian Clinical Labs Ltd (ACL) :
- MEDLAB PATHOLOGY CYBER INCIDENT
- MEDLAB PATHOLOGY ACQUIRED BY ACL IN DECEMBER 2021 HAS EXPERIENCED A NOTIFIABLE CYBER INCIDENT
- DETERMINED THAT PERSONAL INFORMATION OF APPROXIMATELY 223,000 INDIVIDUALS HAS BEEN AFFECTED
- CYBER INCIDENT INVOLVING PERSONAL INFORMATION OF SOME OF MEDLAB'S PATIENTS AND STAFF
- GROUP OF INDIVIDUALS IS LARGELY CONFINED TO NSW AND QUEENSLAND
- TO DATE, THERE IS NO EVIDENCE OF MISUSE OF ANY OF INFORMATION OR ANY DEMAND MADE OF MEDLAB OR ACL
- ACL'S BROADER SYSTEMS AND DATABASES ARE NOT AFFECTED BY INCIDENT
- MEDLAB BECAME AWARE OF AN UNAUTHORISED THIRD-PARTY ACCESS TO ITS IT SYSTEM IN FEBRUARY 2022
- COMPROMISED MEDLAB SERVER HAS BEEN DE-COMMISSIONED AND IS NO LONGER IN USE
- ACL'S BROADER SYSTEMS AND DATABASES ARE NOT AFFECTED BY INCIDENT
- ACL IMMEDIATELY COORDINATED FORENSIC INVESTIGATION LED BY INDEPENDENT EXTERNAL CYBER EXPERTS INTO MEDLAB INCIDENT
- AT TIME, EXTERNAL FORENSIC SPECIALISTS DID NOT FIND ANY EVIDENCE THAT INFORMATION HAD BEEN COMPROMISED
Oct 27 (Reuters) - Australian Clinical Labs Ltd (ACL) : MEDLAB...
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