Polish authorities have announced a major leak of medical and personal data on nearly 19 million citizens following a cyberattack on a medical software provider.
According to Digital Security Minister Kristof Gavkovski, the incident is "one of the largest" cybersecurity breaches in the history of the country, which has a population of 37 million.
"There is currently no indication that this is an external attack, perhaps originating from Russia or any other country," he said.
Initial findings point to cybercriminals acting for financial gain, the minister said, adding that the possibility of paying a ransom was ruled out. He vowed to "relentlessly" pursue the perpetrators.
The stolen data amounts to approximately two terabytes and relates to information related to medical consultations, issuing prescriptions for medications, and other documents commonly used when monitoring the health condition of any patient, Hina reports.
The nature and scope of compromised data varies from person to person, the minister said, also announcing the implementation of a system that will allow citizens to check whether their data has been stolen.
The services of the targeted firm were used by approximately 12.000 medical institutions.
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