DataBreaches.Net

Menu
  • About
  • Breach Notification Laws
  • Privacy Policy
  • Transparency Report
Menu

AU: Flinders Medical Centre health staff caught snooping in Cy Walsh’s medical records

Posted on February 23, 2016 by Dissent

Nick Toscano reports:

More than a dozen unauthorised medical staff have been caught accessing the confidential records of Cy Walsh after he was arrested over the murder of his father, former Adelaide Crows coach Phil Walsh.

His electronic records, including test results that could relate to the criminal trial, have been accessed by at least 13 health workers across South Australia in what authorities have called a serious privacy breach.

Read more on Sydney Morning Herald.

Did they not have any “break the glass” controls on his records? I hope AU media starts asking them some tougher questions about their access controls. Toscano also reports that SA Health “has slapped formal warnings on the staff who viewed Mr Walsh’s records despite having no involvement in his care.”

Just formal warnings? Why haven’t they been fired?


Related:

  • Des Moines Man Charged with Computer Fraud
  • CrowdStrike catches insider feeding information to ScatteredLapsus$Hunters
  • Fired techie admits sabotaging ex-employer, causing $862K in damage
  • Russian hackers target IVF clinics across UK used by thousands of couples
  • US, allies sanction Russian bulletproof hosting services for ransomware support
  • Large medical lab in South Africa suffers multiple data breaches
Category: Health DataInsiderNon-U.S.

Post navigation

← uKnowKids responds to reports of exposed database
Thinking about incident response →

2 thoughts on “AU: Flinders Medical Centre health staff caught snooping in Cy Walsh’s medical records”

  1. Anonymous says:
    February 23, 2016 at 11:44 pm

    this is beyond reproach….. the people accessing these records should be dismissed immediately.
    what good would counselling do them…… did not they think of the family at all.? all the sadness stress Meridith Walsh and family has had to go through and now this….. just nosing into other people’s personal business is disgusting…. SACK the lot of them… here is your chance Jack Snelling – do your job.

  2. Anonymous says:
    February 24, 2016 at 9:21 pm

    My ex works there and has been snooping personal files for many years… They should be sacked!

Comments are closed.

Now more than ever

"Stand with Ukraine:" above raised hands. The illustration is in blue and yellow, the colors of Ukraine's flag.

Search

Browse by Categories

Recent Posts

  • Leavenworth, Kansas cyberattack disrupts city services
  • They’ve escaped a lot of media attention, but Anubis RaaS is a threat to the medical sector
  • “In the most expedient time possible…”
  • Portugal updates cybercrime law to exempt security researchers
  • LockBit 5’s “new secure blog domain” infra leaked already
  • NL: Nuenen accidentally leaks addresses of 1,000 asylum center opponents
  • Ex-teen hackers warn parents are clueless as children steal ‘millions’
  • UK Government Considers Computer Misuse Act Revision
  • Japan issues arrest warrant against teen suspected of cyberattack using AI
  • How old is the average hacker? What does a new research report suggest? (1)

No, You Can’t Buy a Post or an Interview

This site does not accept sponsored posts or link-back arrangements. Inquiries about either are ignored.

And despite what some trolls may try to claim: DataBreaches has never accepted even one dime to interview or report on anyone. Nor will DataBreaches ever pay anyone for data or to interview them.

Want to Get Our RSS Feed?

Grab it here:

https://databreaches.net/feed/

RSS Recent Posts on PogoWasRight.org

  • Privacy concerns raised as Grok AI found to be a stalker’s best friend
  • PRIVACY—S.D. Cal.: Employee did not waive privacy right in personal email data on company provided laptop, (Dec 5, 2025)
  • EU justice chief draws red line on privacy reforms
  • Kaiser Permanente to Pay Up to $47.5M in Web Tracker Lawsuit
  • How Palantir shifted course to play key role in ICE deportations

Have a News Tip?

Email: Tips[at]DataBreaches.net

Signal: +1 516-776-7756

Contact Me

Email: info[at]databreaches.net
Security Issue: security[at]databreaches.net
Mastodon: Infosec.Exchange/@PogoWasRight
Signal: Dissent.73
DMCA Concern: dmca[at]databreaches.net
© 2009 – 2025 DataBreaches.net and DataBreaches LLC. All rights reserved.