Data of domestic violence victims exposed in ZircoDATA hack
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Data of domestic violence victims exposed in ZircoDATA hack
Photo: Gorodenkoff Productions OU/Getty Images Monash Health has disclosed that it is one of those affected in the latest ransomware attack in Australia. Victorian public health service Monash Health has recently disclosed that it has been affected by the recent hacking of ZircoDATA. In February, ZircoDATA, which provides secure document storage, information governance, digital conversion, and destruction for 9,000 clients across Australia, reported a breach in its system. The Victoria-based company also handles some of Monash Health's archived historical documents. On 3 May, Monash Health said some of its historical data relating to domestic violence victims were exposed in the hack. "Investigation analysis indicates that the Monash Health information involved in the ZircoDATA data breach relates to a selection of archived data from the family violence and sexual assault support units at Monash Medical Centre, the Queen Victoria Hospital, and Southern Health, limited to the pe…
