Ruth Hill

The hackers say they will leak more than 400,000 files in their possession if a ransom isn't paid by tomorrow, in a data breach one expert says is "the worst data breach that I recall seeing in New Zealand so far".

Data journalist Keith Ng said the hackers appeared to be using ManageMyHealth to leverage a bigger payout from one of their other targets: Saudi Icon Ranso

The day of a deadline for a ransom demand in the massive Manage My Health data leak has arrived. It is believed the deadline expires at 5.37am New Zealand time.

涉案黑客称，针对Manage My Health的勒索软件攻击行为只为"赚钱"； 受影响公司需要在本周二上午前支付赎金，否则40余万份用户资料将被公布； 网络安全专家担心部分患者可能遭受敲诈或身份盗用的风险； 该网站因响应迟缓而受到批评。

今日即为Manage My Health大规模数据泄露后，赎金支付的截止日期； 据信确切截止时间为今晨5点37分（新西兰时间）； 这家新西兰最大的患者门户网站的沟通方式受到一位前情报官员的批评。 在新西兰最大的患者门户网站的数十万份医疗文件被窃取之后，黑客要求支付赎金的最后时限已于今晨到期。

GP clinics are scrambling to advise their worried patients in the ongoing fallout from the Manage My Health ransomware attack, with hundreds of thousands of highly sensitive records at risk.

A patient is shocked to find that more than two years after her GP ended its contract with Manage My Health, it has continued to receive her new medical records.

Frustrated patients who fear their highly sensitive health records may have been stolen in Manage My Health's cyber security breach are pushing their GPs to tell them.

New ransom deadline arrives Deceased patients among those to have data breached Manage My Health response labelled "shambolic, frustrating and slow"

Patients whose health records have been stolen in the Manage My Health ransomware attack are struggling to get any information, with the website repeatedly crashing and the 0800 number overloaded.