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uh the fertility provider janaa has told
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patients that highly sensitive personal
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information may have been taken during a
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Cyber attack that left the company's
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systems down for days Ariana Ley joins
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us now with more from Brisbane Ari good
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morning uh this is one of Australia's
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largest IVF providers so how did we get
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point good morning James well this is
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very concerning now earlier this month
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janaa had posted and reported that a
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number of phone lines and systems had
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gone down in what was initially dubbed
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as suspicious activity on their Network
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now in a statement last Wednesday they
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confirmed that in fact this was all due
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to an unauthorized third- party breach
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on their company's data now janaea has
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advised that they it's still unknown
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what personal information on the patient
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management system of their company's
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data had been compromised so they've
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advised all patients to be aware that
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the attacker has likely taken a trove of
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personal information and that includes
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full names phone numbers uh private
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medical insurance and Medicare data
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details as well as medical history and
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correspondence over the years now at
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this point in time the company has
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advised that there's no evidence or
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indication that any sort of financial
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information has been breached but the
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investigation into that is still very
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much ongoing uh they've also a
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spokesperson has also advised to the ABC
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that cyber Security Experts have also
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been engaged to assist in this ongoing
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investigation but given Jana is one of
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three of the the largest IVF fertility
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providers in the country a number of
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concerned patients have taken to social
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media to sort of call out their
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frustration and really call out the lack
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of transparency from the company as well
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as the inability to sort of provide
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updated information but really this is
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just the latest in a string of cyber
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attacks on high-profile Australian
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companies including the likes of medic
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secure as well as Services Australia so
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very concerning indeed now janaa has
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provided a issued an apology on line to
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its patients and has really urged their
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patients to make sure they remain
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Vigilant of any sort of cyber security
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scams as well as identity theft and
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that's not just in the next few days but
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also in the months and weeks ahead James