Cyber Siege: MediSecure’s Ransomware Nightmare Halts eScripts, Shakes Patient Privacy

MediSecure hit by ransomware: Pill-dispensing digital darling down, leaking health deets like a sieve. Australia’s script scene shaken, not stirred.

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Welcome to the Digital Age, where your health records can get sick too, thanks to ransomware! MediSecure, the Aussie e-prescription gurus, got digitally mugged and they can't even call the cybercops because, well, their phones are down. Third-party vendors: can't live with 'em, can't keep your data safe with 'em.

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