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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Natasha May Health reporter

Doctors outraged after NSW health department ‘recklessly’ leaks their personal and professional data online

Doctors in a cooridor
Using the leaked documents, someone could apply for a role in the health system or buy drugs. Photograph: monkeybusinessimages/Getty Images/iStockphoto

The New South Wales government has accidentally leaked confidential documents belonging to almost 600 medical staff, including 67 senior doctors in Sydney, who had applied for jobs with the health department.

Doctors are enraged that their sensitive data was handled “recklessly” and fear they could now be at risk of identity theft. Medical qualifications could be misused by bad-faith actors to impersonate doctors or buy drugs, they said.

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