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Incident: Specsavers says Qld customers’ private medical information may have been compromised | ABC News (Australia)

Incident: Specsavers says Qld customers’ private medical information may have been compromised  | ABC News (Australia)

Australian Information Security Incident Reported: June 19 2019

Eyewear giant Specsavers has admitted that the personal information of some clients in regional Queensland is missing.

“Contents may include your name, date of birth, address, phone number, email address, clinical records of your optometry tests, and Medicare details” – Specsaver email

How the information was compromised is still being investigated, but it appears a physical computer server was stolen.

Source: Specsavers says Qld customers’ private medical information may have been compromised

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