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Alexandra Sims, Professor in Commericial Law, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau

Australia’s Medicare breach reveals a new kind of cyber threat. How must NZ respond?

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Last week, New Zealand’s Privacy Commissioner ordered Manage My Health and Health NZ to make further security improvements following last December’s major data breach.

In that incident, a ransomware group stole more than 400,000 files containing private medical and personal records. Now, the emergence of agentic artificial intelligence makes it even more pressing that New Zealand secures its digital systems.

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