A sign at Waikato Hospital in May.
Photo: RNZ / Andrew McRae
And decisions that led to the poor security and ailing system were financially motivated, claimed the source close to Waikato DHB.
However the DHB said the particular servers were not a contributing factor in the cyber attack.
The information comes as those responsible for the ransomware attack dumped large tranches of the DHB s private patient and employee details on the dark web on Tuesday, six weeks after the hack crippled services across five hospitals including Waikato.
The massive privacy breach shows swathes of files that contain personal and highly sensitive information about patients and employees.