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AU: Specsavers says Qld customers’ private medical information may have been compromised

Posted on June 19, 2019 by Dissent

Sarah Jane Bell and Ross Kay report that an undisclosed numbers of Specsavers customers have had their personal and medical information stolen:

“Contents may include your name, date of birth, address, phone number, email address, clinical records of your optometry tests, and Medicare details,” the email read.

How the information was compromised is still being investigated, but it appears a physical computer server was stolen.

Read more on ABC.

Category: Health DataNon-U.S.Theft

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