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Indigenous health organisation says personal details of 8,000 people accessed in cyber attack

The Apunipima Cape York Health Council said the personal information of thousands of people was accessed by hackers. (Unsplash: Taskin Ashiq)

The personal information of more than 8,000 staff and clients of a health organisation that services remote communities in Queensland was accessed in a cyber attack last year.

The Apunipima Cape York Health Council, an Aboriginal community-controlled organisation that services 11 remote communities in Far North Queensland, said an unidentified third party had viewed the information of patients, clients and staff during the incident in October.

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