Criminal investigation under way after NSW Health data breach

The state’s health department confirmed it would work with police after one of its servers was hacked.

A police investigation is under way after NSW Health declared a “major incident” after it was hit with a cyber breach.

The state’s health department confirmed the data breach on Wednesday, impacting an isolated server.

‘The breach has been declared a major incident and is being investigated by the NSW Police Cyber Crime Squad,” the statement read.

They confirmed no patient data had been accessed during the breach.

“No patient data has been impacted at this time, nor is any patient data currently at risk from this limited cyber breach,” they said.

NSW Health confirmed the criminal investigation was ongoing.