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Pro Medicus confirms data breach exposing data of 100 employees

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The news: Medical imaging provider Pro Medicus has confirmed that it incurred a data breach by an unknown third party in July.

The context: Pro Medicus said it investigated the unauthorised access of a single email inbox and engaged external cybersecurity experts to contain the incident.

The company does not believe any commercially sensitive information was accessed, and did not incur any financial loss or operational impact following the incident.

Analysis of the breach found that personally identifiable information for around 100 current and former Pro Medicus employees could "potentially have been accessed".

Pro Medicus said it has notified all of those potentially impacted. It also notified relevant governmental authorities in accordance with applicable laws and regulations.

The source: ASX


By Hugo Mathers