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ABC News
ABC News
Health
national technology reporter Danny Tran

Crown Princess Mary Cancer Centre in Westmead Hospital in cyber attack, hackers threatening to release stolen data

The Crown Princess Mary Cancer Centre is part of the Westmead Hospital in the western Sydney. (AAP: Dean Lewins, file photo)

A major cancer treatment centre in Sydney has been caught up in a cyber attack, with hackers threatening to release stolen data unless hospital administrators pay a ransom.

NSW Health said it was alerted to the threat against the Crown Princess Mary Cancer Centre, which is part of Westmead Hospital, late on Thursday afternoon.

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