A cancer centre is the latest victim of cyber attacks. Why health data hacks keep happening
- Written by: Mohiuddin Ahmed, Senior Lecturer of Computing and Security, Edith Cowan University
ShutterstockIt seems hardly a day goes by without another report of a cyber crime incident. With Medibank still fresh in our minds, the latest attack is on a Sydney-based cancer treatment facility, Crown Princess Mary Cancer Centre in Westmead Hospital.
The cyber criminal group Medusa claims to have stolen thousands of files and is holding them to...