Cancer clinic faces $100,000 cyber ransom threat
But NSW Health said it did not think its databases were compromised.
Hackers have threatened to release clinical and financial patient information from a Sydney cancer clinic unless a $100,000 ransom is paid by Friday.
NSW Health began investigating the potential hack after a group calling itself Medusa threatened to publish data from the Crown Princess Mary Cancer Centre, which forms part of the Sydney West Cancer Network.
The hacker group published what it claimed was a sample of the data it stole, including a letter to a patient, medical certificates, invoices and a spreadsheet seemingly showing more than a dozen patient names.
The department learned of the threat on Thursday.
