Hospital hack: The Victorian health system has been impacted by serious cyber incident A number of Victorian hospitals have been hit by a “serious cyber incident”, with patient records and information still inaccessible and entire systems left offline. The Victorian government confirmed that the incident had been uncovered on Monday, with Gippsland Health Alliance and the South-West Alliance of Rural Health impacted by the hack. These groups operate some of the largest hospitals in regional Victoria, including in Gippsland, Geelong, Warrnambool, Colac and Bairnsdale. The incident involved the hackers blocking access to several systems at the hospitals and healthcare providers using ransomware. The hack follows an Auditor-General report earlier this year that warned Victorian health data was “highly vulnerable” to attacks using “basic hacking tools”. The state government is now working with Victoria Police and the Australian Cyber Security Centre to manage the attack. The government said a “number […]