“On Tuesday,19 December 2023,St Vincent’s Health Australia began responding to a cybersecurity incident,” a spokesman for St Vincent’s said in a statement.
“St Vincent’s immediately took steps to contain the incident,engaged external security experts,and notified all relevant state and federal governments and the necessary agencies.
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“Late on Thursday,21 December,St Vincent’s found evidence that cyber criminals had removed some data from our network.
“St Vincent’s is working to determine what data has been removed.”
The spokesman said an investigation was ongoing,and the company was working to secure its systems,understand what the cyber criminals had done,and identify what data may have been accessed and stolen.
St Vincent’s operates hospitals across NSW,Victoria and Queensland,including three public and 10 private hospitals and 26 aged care facilities. It employs close to 30,000 staff nationally.