Poland hit by theft of 19 million patients’ data from medical platform
it is "one of the largest incidents in Poland's history", says the digital affairs minister.
Nearly 19 million individuals in Poland had their personal data, including medical information, stolen in a significant cyberattack on MyDr, a company that offers services to thousands of medical facilities across the country. Digital affairs minister Krzysztof Gawkowski declared this one of Poland's most severe data breaches, urging citizens to verify if their data was affected and to lock their national identity number to prevent possible fraud.
The attack targeted MyDr, which processes three million medical consultations and 2.7 million prescriptions monthly. Initially reported on Monday by IT security news service Zaufana Trzecia Strona, the hackers stated they had accessed the data of approximately 18.8 million people. MyDr confirmed the breach on Wednesday, with no evidence suggesting the data was published elsewhere.
Despite not linking the incident to any specific country, Gawkowski believes it is likely a criminal enterprise, promising a robust response from Polish security services. Around 12,000 medical facilities utilize MyDr's services.
Written by urgent.news from Notes from Poland's reporting — not their text. Machine-written — may contain errors; check the original before relying on it.
