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Incident: ‘Unforgivable’: The privacy breach that exposed sensitive details of WA’s virus fight | WAtoday

by Steven Kirby | Jul 20, 2020 | Australian InfoSec Incidents 2020, Data Breach, Medical and Health Care, Privacy Breach, State Government, Telcommunications and Internet Service Provider, WAtoday, Western Australia | 0 |

Australian Medical Privacy Breach July 2020: ‘Unforgivable’: Privacy breach exposed sensitive details of WA’s virus fight on a public website. The breach also impacted St John Ambulance, the Department of Fire and Emergency Services and the Department of Justice. The leak was traced back to Vodafone pager service.

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