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Wagga Wagga-based Riverina Medical and Dental Aboriginal Corporation has said it is investigating a cyber incident that may involve personal data; however, the incident has been “contained”.
The Riverina Medical and Dental Aboriginal Corporation has said in a statement that it has been the victim of a cyber incident involving malicious access to its IT systems.
“RivMed recently became aware that it was a victim of a cyber incident. An unauthorised person committed a criminal offence and accessed a part of our IT systems. As soon as we became aware, we immediately engaged leading cyber experts to provide us advice on how to respond,” a RivMed spokesperson said in a 26 February update to its website.
“While our investigation is ongoing, we can confirm the incident has been contained. The RivMed team have been urgently working to respond to the incident and have taken all steps to protect the privacy of our community members and staff.”
The healthcare provider – which is controlled by the local Aboriginal community – has said it is currently in the process of determining what data has been accessed, after which it will contact those impacted by the incident.
The Office of the Australian Information Commissioner has also been informed of the malicious activity.
“We place the wellbeing of our community members, clients and staff as our highest priority and are committed to supporting those affected. A specialist provider, IDCARE, has been engaged to support our community with any responses to questions on the incident,” RivMed said.
The Riverina Medical and Dental Aboriginal Corporation offers a range of healthcare services to the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people of Wagga Wagga and the surrounding community, as well as outreach services to Brungle.
David Hollingworth has been writing about technology for over 20 years, and has worked for a range of print and online titles in his career. He is enjoying getting to grips with cyber security, especially when it lets him talk about Lego.
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