Medicare data breach: government response ‘contemptible’, says former AFP officer | The Guardian

Posted by Steven Kirby | Sep 3, 2017 | Cybersecurity, DarkNet and DarkWeb, Data Breach, Federal Government, Medical and Health Care, The Age | 0 |

Nigel Phair says response to patient information being sold on dark web means fewer people ‘will trust government with their health details’.

Source: Medicare data breach: government response ‘contemptible’, says former AFP officer | Australia news | The Guardian

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