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1 Aug 2022 · WA · Healthcare
Data Breach MEDIUM ✓ Verified

What happened

The Western Australian Department of Health issued formal privacy apologies after an internal health coordinator inadvertently sent an unencrypted spreadsheet containing the full identity details of monkeypox contact-tracing patients to a generic flight passenger list.

Incident details

Organisation
WA Health
Date
1 Aug 2022
Attack type
Data Breach
Severity
MEDIUM
Sector
Healthcare
State
WA
Records affected
Unknown
Threat actor
Human Error

Source

news.com.au ↗
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