Surgeries and outpatient care will be delayed after regional Victorian hospital computer networks were hacked in a ransomware attack. The government said personal patient information had not been accessed. Hospitals that are a part of the Gippsland Health Alliance and of the South West Alliance of Rural Health have been impacted. “There will be some disruption to outpatient appointments, there’ll be some disruption for non-urgent care, so elective surgery,” Victorian premier, Daniel Andrews, told reporters on Tuesday. However emergency procedures will not be affected, he said. “The Victorian cyber incident response service has been deployed and worked with impacted health services overnight to respond to the attack,” the Department of Premier and Cabinet said in a statement. Victoria’s patient data vulnerable to cyber-attacks, audit says Read more “The cyber incident, which was uncovered on Monday, has blocked access to several systems by the infiltration of ransomware, including financial management.” […]