#MediSecure

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New AI algorithm could enhance autoimmune disease prediction and therapy

- By InnoNurse Staff -

An advanced AI algorithm from Penn State University may enhance the accuracy and timing of predictions and introduce novel treatments for autoimmune diseases.

By examining the genetic code, the algorithm better models gene expression and regulation, identifying additional risk genes associated with these conditions.

Read more at Penn State

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Australia: The MediSecure data breach explained (The Conversation)

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Data Breaches and Digital ID

Since the introduction of Katy Gallagher’s Digital ID Program, there have been several notable data breaches in Australia. Here are some key incidents:

September 2022 Optus Data Breach One of Australia’s largest telecommunications companies, Optus suffered a significant data breach that exposed the personal information of nearly 10 million customers.

October 2022 Medibank Data Breach Major health insurer, Medibank experienced a cyberattack that compromised the personal data of around 9.7 million current and former customers.

March 2023 Latitude Financial Data Breach Latitude Financial Services reported a data breach affecting over 14 million customers, with personal information such as driver’s licenses and passport numbers being accessed.

April 2024 MediSecure Data Breach A prescription delivery service, MediSecure experienced a ransomware attack that compromised the personal and health information of approximately 12.9 million individuals.

May 2024 TicketMaster Data Breach TicketMaster confirmed a data breach affecting around 560 million customers worldwide. The stolen data included names, addresses, phone numbers, and partial credit card details.

May 2024 Ticketek Data Breach Ticketek Australia reported that the names, emails, and dates of birth of its customers may have been accessed in a cyber security breach.

May 2024 Guardian Childcare and Education Data Breach One of Victoria’s largest childcare providers, Guardian Childcare, disclosed a cyber attack that resulted in the theft of identification documents of thousands of families.

September 2024 Trade Tools Data Breach Affecting nearly 40,000 tradies with compromised credit card numbers, email addresses, and other login details.

These breaches highlight the importance of robust digital security measures and underscore the critical need for enhanced cybersecurity measures to protect personal data.

[ericvanderburg]

OAIC declines to pursue fines in MediSecure data breach case

http://securitytc.com/TDBgqy

[graymanbriefing]

Cybersecurity Brief: National Summary  》In Dallas, TX, a ransomware attack exposed data of 200,000+ people after the County of Dallas had state information systems breached. It impacts those who used County services or otherwise had their PII stored by the Co...  》In Oklahoma City, OK; Dell & Dean had a serv... 》In Chicago, IL; Lurie Children's Hospital faces a cybersecu... 》In Australia; MediSecure's breach affected 12.9 million people following a hack into the encryption of a database server by susp... 》Infosys McCamish and Rite Aid (2.2 million people) repor... 》AT&T is facing a class action lawsuit over the breach reported in June after it was revealed to have also impacted FirstNet c...(CLASSIFIED, get briefs in real-time unredacted by joining at www.graymanbriefing.com)

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Datos de 13 millones de clientes de MediSecure comprometidos en ataque de ransomware La información más sensible que ... https://ujjina.com/datos-de-13-millones-de-clientes-de-medisecure-comprometidos-en-ataque-de-ransomware/?feed_id=701797&_unique_id=669e66fd8da5d

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Половина австралийцев пострадала от взлома системы MediSecure

New Post has been published on https://er10.kz/read/it-novosti/polovina-avstralijcev-postradala-ot-vzloma-sistemy-medisecure/

Половина австралийцев пострадала от взлома системы MediSecure

Половина населения Австралии пострадала от взлома системы поставщика электронных рецептов MediSecure, но жертвы скорей всего не узнают о компрометации личных данных. Компания не намерена проводить тщательное расследование из-за недостатка ресурсов.

Финансовые проблемы компании MediSecure не позволят точно установить, кто пострадал в результате недавнего взлома и какие данные были украдены.

Согласно заявлению компании, атака затронула примерно 13 миллионов человек, которые пользовались услугами MediSecure по выписке рецептов в период с марта 2019 года по ноябрь 2023 года.

MediSecure заявила, что первоначальная атака произошла в апреле 2024 года, когда специалисты обнаружили, что сервер базы данных был зашифрован в результате предполагаемой атаки вымогательского ПО.

17 мая компания сообщила, что ей удалось успешно восстановить полную резервную копию сервера, и она немедленно предприняла шаги по исследованию пострадавшей информации.

Расследование показало, что 6,5 ТБ данных, хранившихся на сервере, скорее всего, были удалены хакерами, но сервер не удалось исследовать, чтобы точно определить, к какой информации был получен доступ.

Согласно анализу, проведенному киберэкспертами из McGrathNicol Advisory, на сервере находилось чрезвычайно большое количество полуструктурированных и неструктурированных данных.

Хотя MediSecure не смогла уточнить, какие именно данные были получены, она перечислила виды информации, которые, по ее мнению, пострадали в результате инцидента, включая полное имя клиента, его должность, дату рождения, пол, адрес электронной почты и номер телефона.

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Australians affected by MediSecure hack may never know their personal details have been compromised http://dlvr.it/T9nJ3P

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Large-scale ransomware data breach at Australian prescription company MediSecure

The Australian government issued a warning on Thursday about a "large-scale ransomware data breach" that has compromised healthcare data across the country. MediSecure, a prescription company, revealed the breach on its homepage, indicating that it has affected "the personal and health information of individuals." According to MediSecure, "early indicators suggest the incident originated from one of our third-party vendors," and acknowledged the concern this breach would cause for its customers. "MediSecure understands the importance of transparency and will provide further updates via our website as soon as more information becomes available. We appreciate your patience and understanding during this time," the company stated on its website. Australia’s national cybersecurity coordinator, an office established following the Medibank incident, confirmed that the government is aware of the MediSecure breach and that the Australian federal police are investigating the matter. “We are in the very preliminary stages of our response and there is limited detail to share at this stage, but I will continue to provide updates as we progress while working closely with the affected commercial organization to address the impacts caused by the incident,” wrote the coordinator, Michelle McGuinness, on social media. Read the full article

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Los hospitales públicos de Australia pronto emitirán recetas electrónicas, comenzando con una prueba en el Hospital Royal Perth en Australia Occidental. El servicio, que es un proyecto conjunto entre Royal Perth, WA Health Support Services y la Agencia Australiana de Salud Digital (ADHA), se pondrá en marcha en todas las especialidades del hospital después de una prueba de 12 semanas en clínicas ambulatorias seleccionadas, a saber, Hematología, Inmunología , Anestesia y Medicina del Dolor, y Clínicas de Gastroenterología y Hepático. Durante el ensayo, los prescriptores registrados pueden proporcionar a los pacientes una receta electrónica, que viene en forma de token a través de SMS o correo electrónico, y se puede presentar en persona o reenviar electrónicamente a su farmacia local para su dispensación. La directora ejecutiva de ADHA, Amanda Cattermole, dijo que la prueba informará los planes futuros para introducir el servicio en WA Health. POR QUÉ ES IMPORTANTE El proyecto marca la primera emisión de escript en un hospital público metropolitano en todo el país, según ADHA. Ros Jones, líder del proyecto de Royal Perth, dijo que la capacidad de proporcionar recetas digitales a los pacientes "nos permite ser mucho más receptivos". "Los pacientes reciben su guión en tiempo real, de inmediato, sin esperar más a que se envíen por correo", agregó. EL CONTEXTO MÁS GRANDE El Departamento de Salud de Australia introdujo por primera vez recetas electrónicas en mayo de 2020 como una alternativa a las recetas en papel. Hasta agosto de este año, más de 45.000 prescriptores han emitido casi 72 millones de guiones digitales con alrededor del 98% de todas las farmacias comunitarias del país las dispensan. El departamento ha estado asumiendo el costo de la prescripción electrónica, ya que se incurre en costos de SMS cada vez que un prescriptor envía un token al teléfono móvil de un paciente. Su provisión de subsidios, que fue se suponía que terminaría el 30 de junio, se prorrogó hasta finales de septiembre. Mientras tanto, la ADHA señala que ha habido 390.000 registros para una Lista de Guiones Activos, una lista consolidada de todos los medicamentos que un paciente puede recibir de su farmacia local. El registro permite a los pacientes gestionar sus recetas electrónicas activas y repeticiones sin necesidad de presentar un token. Recientemente, el El Departamento de Salud buscó solicitudes de empresas de tecnología para proporcionar un servicio de entrega de medicamentos recetados y un registro de Lista de guiones activos por un período inicial de cuatro años. Actualmente, Fred IT's eRx y MediSecure ofrecen estas plataformas.

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New Post has been published on MediSecure

New Post has been published on http://medisecure.com.au/medtech-set-to-launch-64-bit-version-with-drshop-capability/

Medtech set to launch 64-bit version with DrShop capability

Clinical and practice management software vendor Medtech is set to launch Medtech64, a 64-bit version of its clinical system featuring a native Windows look and feel as well as integration with the DrShop real-time prescription monitoring system.

DrShop, designed by prescription exchange service MediSecure to allow GPs to check through the software to see if a patient has been prescribed Schedule 8 or addictive Schedule 4 medications in the previous 90 days, is also due to be integrated with Best Practice.

Medtech’s general manager for client engagement, Hosi Stankovic, said that as well as committing to a tight integration with DrShop, the company had decided to become a supporter of the new ScriptWise real-time prescription monitoring advocacy group, which has appointed Kim Ledger, father of the late actor Heath, as patron.

“We decided we’d sponsor important events such as the launch of ScriptWise, but clearly our involvement is with the technology component,” Mr Stankovic said. “[ScriptWise is] dealing with the people side – education, promotion and awareness.”

DrShop will be the main new feature of Medtech version 10.0, which has been upgraded from the current 32-bit platform to 64 bit to better reflect users’ requirements for higher performance and more memory, he said.

“We’ve effectively gone to the more native Windows feel – the user interface will look different and work slightly better,” Mr Stankovic said. “It is cleaner and higher performing on the newer machines and servers.

“It will especially help our very large clients as well as smaller ones that use imaging, where the restrictions with memory are getting more and more prevalent. With image resolutions increasing, CDA documents growing in size and the number of users on the rise becoming a real challenge for the memory restrictions of 32 bit, Medtech64 will free these sites up for better performance and clinical service.”

Medtech plans to continue supporting the 32-bit platform and can release a 32-bit compatible version, but will make a decision based on individual customer requirements, he said.

“More and more of our customers already have 64 bit so it is going to be something that we discuss with individual customers. We’ll do the transition in a progressive way. A number of businesses are saying we just want the fastest and the best, we want it hosted, we want cloud. For those customers who want something new and fresh and high performance, we’ll just say here’s the 64-bit version.

“We have hybrid versions – some doctors work at different sites and perhaps have slower connectivity – and there’s nothing preventing them from using 32-bit client technology. However, it would be nice to support one, future-proof platform.”

The new Medtech64 is due for release in May, first as version 10.0 and then with a slightly upgraded v10.1 to follow.

“There will be an immediate and very noticeable difference to the look and feel, but for 10.0 we’ve decided to take a middle road,” he said.

“We don’t want people who are already familiar with the product and are just looking for an upgrade path to not be able to move because of lack of familiarity, so we are giving them something that has refreshed icons, refreshed look and feel combined with higher performance and better controls, but the things they have been used to and they depend upon are still there.

“The 10.1 release will have quite a number of new features and the new platform allows us to introduce a newer user interface as a progressive step. If a site wishes to continue with the classic look they will be able to, with an alternative version more aligned with the familiar Windows look and feel. This also gives users the power to be able to run it on the Windows Surface Pro and similar tablets.”

Medtech is currently in testing for 10.0 with a generally available release due in May, and the company is also now doing clinical testing for DrShop with MediSecure. Mr Stankovic said the integration needed to be thoroughly audited by clinicians as it was a new workflow that had not been seen before.

In time, Medtech will release its Evolution version into the Australian market. The company is by far the market leader in New Zealand, where Evolution has been released to eventually replace Medtech32, but the Australian general practice sector requires far more integrations with third-party systems than does New Zealand, he said.

Read the source article published by PULSE+IT magazine on 30 March 2015.

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OAIC comments on MediSecure data breach

http://securitytc.com/T9wH5g

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MediSecure data breach impacted 12.9 million individuals

http://i.securitythinkingcap.com/T9qGmg

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Australians affected by MediSecure hack may never know their personal details have been compromised

http://securitytc.com/T9nJJm

[ericvanderburg]

Anthony Albanese’s warning after MediSecure hack: ‘Won’t be the last’

http://i.securitythinkingcap.com/T9nCy9