St Vincent's Health reports data heist before Christmas

Less than a week before Christmas day, St Vincent's Health, one of Australia's largest not-for-profit health and aged care providers, detected a breach in its IT system.

On 19 December, it responded to the incident by immediately containing the hack and informing relevant authorities. Two days later, it found that hackers had "removed some data" from its network. 

However, the data breach did not affect its ability to deliver services across its hospital, aged care, and virtual and home health …