MediSecure data breach: cyber security chief says no current prescriptions affected

The federal police are investigating after the electronic prescriptions provider MediSecure reported being the victim of a large-scale ransomware data breach. Photograph: solarseven/Getty Images/iStockphoto

Current prescriptions have not been caught up in the MediSecure cyberattack, the national cyber security coordinator has said, but it has yet to be revealed how many people have had their personal information exposed.

The Australian federal police are investigating after the electronic prescriptions provider MediSecure reported being the victim of a large-scale ransomware data breach to national cyber security coordinator on Wednesday.