News and Updates on Information Technology

Australia – UnitingCare Queensland

Exploit: Hacking

UnitingCare Queensland: Healthcare Support Services

cybersecurity news represented by agauge showing severe risk

Risk to Business: 2.112 = Severe

UnitingCare Queensland has confirmed it has been impacted by a cybersecurity incident that has caused some of its systems to become inaccessible as remediation efforts begin. The organization supplies eldercare, disability support, in-home health care and crisis response services. The company does not expect significant disruptions in care as a result of the incident which is under investigation.

Individual Impact: No sensitive personal or financial information was announced as compromised in this incident, but the investigation is ongoing.

Customers Impacted: Unknown

How it Could Affect Your Customers’ Business: Malware and ransomware have been the plague of increasingly beleaguered healthcare targets. Every organization in the sector should step up phishing resistance training to reduce the chance of falling prey to an attack.

Source: https://www.zdnet.com/article/unitingcare-queensland-security-incident-takes-some-systems-offline/