why is health data so lucrative for hackers?

  • Written by: Megan Prictor, Senior Lecturer in Law, The University of Melbourne
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The latest large-scale ransomware attack on a health technology provider, electronic prescription company MediSecure, was revealed last week.

MediSecure announced it had suffered a “cyber security incident” affecting people’s personal and health information. Details of the attack are scant. We’ve been...

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