Explainer: Why are our medical platforms getting hacked?
As you'll have heard in the news, another New Zealand medical data platform has been hit by hackers ... just two months after patient portal 'Manage My Health' was breached MediMap is used by health providers in some aged care, disability services, and hospice to record and manage patients' medication doses. The breach has led to staff at multiple facilities discovering that some patients were incorrectly marked as deceased. Others had their names changed to "Charlie Kirk", with ages altered and, in some cases, patients reassigned to different facilities. So, are our systems seen as weak and ripe for hacking? And if not for money, why are these platforms being hijjacked? Paul Spain, Futurist and chief executive of Gorilla Technology talks to Jesse.