Private hospital group Macquarie Health takes system offline following cyber incident

Macquarie Health Corporation, a private healthcare service in New South Wales, is still dealing with the aftermath of a cyber incident that occurred last week. The company’s IT systems were taken offline as a precaution against a reported cyberattack, and it is still experiencing significant impacts from the attack. Medical and legal documents containing sensitive information were allegedly posted to the dark web. This incident follows a larger trend of cyberattacks targeting healthcare providers in Australia and New Zealand.