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Data breach probe at Qld research institute – Morning Bulletin
A respected medical research institute has launched an internal investigation into the ‘likely’ hacking of one of its computer software systems.
Respected Queensland research facility QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute said early investigations indicated that about 620 megabytes of data held in the file-sharing system Accellion had been accessed on Christmas Day.
It has launched an internal investigation into the “likely” hacking.
The institute uses the software to receive and share data from clinical trials of antimalarial drugs conducted with healthy volunteers.
“No names, contact details or other personally identifiable details…
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