Overview
- Health New Zealand estimates about 86,000 people in Northland were affected, accounting for more than 70 percent of those impacted.
- Manage My Health says roughly 120,000 patients were impacted overall, and about half have been notified so far.
- The company reports the breach was confined to the My Health Documents module, affecting 6–7 percent of its 1.8 million registered users.
- Health New Zealand is seeking funding so general practices can offer consultations and mental wellbeing support to those affected.
- The group claiming the attack, Kazu, demanded US$60,000, and Health New Zealand says its own data systems were not compromised.