Health New Zealand — Cyber Attacks, Breaches & Threat Activity

Threat entity extracted from intelligence sources

Frequency
8
occurrences
First Seen
January 2, 2026
Last Seen
May 28, 2026

Health New Zealand is a organization tracked across 6 threat clusters and 8 intelligence report mentions on ThreatCluster. First observed January 2, 2026; most recent activity May 28, 2026.

Overview

Health New Zealand (Health NZ) is New Zealand's national health service authority responsible for overseeing public health services and nationwide digital health infrastructure. Its role and scale make it a high-value target for cyber threats due to sensitive patient data and interconnected systems; resilience and supply‑chain security are critical. Recent reporting indicates attention to third-party risk, as a breach involving a partner app did not impact Health NZ's own systems.

Related Threat Clusters

  • Massive Data Breach Exposes Health Information of Nearly 100,000 New Zealanders

    In December 2025, the Manage My Health platform suffered a significant cyber attack, compromising sensitive health data of approximately 100,000 New Zealanders. The breach was attributed to inadequate security…

    22 articles · Updated May 26, 2026
  • New Zealand Allocates $153.6M for Cybersecurity in Health Sector Amid Recent Incidents

    The New Zealand government announced a budget allocation of $153.6 million for cybersecurity improvements in the health sector, following recent cyber incidents that compromised patient information. This funding is part…

    6 articles · Updated May 28, 2026
  • IT Outage Affects Northern Hospitals in New Zealand

    Health New Zealand confirmed that northern hospitals experienced an IT outage lasting over 12 hours on January 29, 2026. The outage impacted clinical and operational systems in hospitals located in Te Tai Tokerau,…

    1 article · Updated January 30, 2026
  • Major IT Outages Disrupt Hospitals Across New Zealand

    Health New Zealand reported significant IT outages affecting hospitals in both the South and lower North Islands. These outages disrupted access to critical patient health records and various clinical and administrative…

    2 articles · Updated January 22, 2026
  • ManageMyHealth Cyber Data Breach Affects Up to 126,000 Users

    A cyber data breach has impacted up to 126,000 users of the ManageMyHealth portal, which is New Zealand's largest patient information platform. The incident was confirmed by CEO Vino Ramayah, indicating a significant…

    37 articles · Updated January 1, 2026
  • MediMap Health App Hacked, Patient Records Altered

    The MediMap health app, used for managing patient medication records, was hacked, resulting in the modification of some patient data, including incorrect status changes indicating that users were deceased. The breach…

    16 articles · Updated February 24, 2026

Recent Intelligence Reports

  • NZ Budget sets out $450m+ for digital health and cyber uplift - Pulse+IT News — Pulseit.News · May 28, 2026
  • Manage My Health Hack: How can you be sure your data is safe? — Rnz.Co.Nz · May 27, 2026
  • Independent review recommends stronger cyber security across health system — Nzdoctor.Co.Nz · May 27, 2026
  • #hauora: Privacy Commissioner Slams Health NZ And Manage My Health Over Massive ... — Waateanews · May 26, 2026
  • MediMap health portal hack 'a wake-up call', cyber security expert says — 1News.Co.Nz · February 24, 2026
  • Cause of major hospitals IT outage confirmed - Health NZ — 1News.Co.Nz · January 30, 2026
  • Health NZ confirms another major tech outage — Rnz.Co.Nz · January 15, 2026
  • Health NZ says systems unaffected by ManageMyHealth app breach — Rnz.Co.Nz · January 2, 2026

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