Waikato District Health Board and the Minister of Health cannot rule out the possibility medical files have fallen into the wrong hands after last week's cyber attack, but say they are working hard to get to the bottom of the problem.
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The entire system crashed nearly a week ago and it is not likely to be back online until possibly the end of this week.
The DHB said progress was being made and any resumption of services would be done carefully and in a phased manner.
The ransomware attack may have accessed private medical information, but the DHB said there was no evidence, at this point, that any data had been stolen.