One of the leading IVF clinics in Australia is to investigate a schide cyber attack that may have leaked the information of thousands of patients.
Genea, Chief Executive Tim Yeoh told the past and present of the infringement on Wednesday after he had been informed of suspicious activities on her network.
The company, one of the three best IVF providers of Australia with 21 clinics throughout the country, has taken part of its systems offline while it is investigating the hack.
“We are urgently investigating the nature and extent of data that are accessible and the extent to which it contains personal information,” said Mr. Yeoh, the Sydney Morning Herald reported.
The CEO added that Genea did its best to ensure that the planned appointments of the parents were not interrupted.
“If you don't hear from your local Genea Clinic, there is no change in your current treatment schedule,” he said.
“We apologize for every concern that this incident can cause you and want to reassure you that we take your privacy and the security of your data very seriously.”
The news about the cyber attack comes only five days after Genea reported a telephone failure in various of his clinics.
Genea, one of the three leading IVF providers of Australia, suffered a cyber attack that leaked the information of the past and present (stock image)
The website of the company marked the malfunction on Wednesday afternoon a continuous issue.
A Genea spokesperson said the company is doing everything it can to conquer the security threat.
“We urgently investigate a cyber incident after identifying suspicious activities on our network,” they said.
'As soon as we discovered the incident, we immediately took steps to control the incident and secure our systems.
“Since then we have engaged cyber experts to help us with our answer and research and we are mutual contract with the Australian Cyber Security Center.”
Daily Mail Australia has contacted Genea for comment.
