Partnered Health breach exposes Australian patient records
Healthcare provider Partnered Health confirmed a hacker accessed its systems on June 23, 2026 and stole personal and medical data from patients at 21 of its more than 60 Australian clinics. The company waited over three weeks to disclose the breach. Stolen data includes Medicare numbers, health insurance details, pathology reports and treatment notes.
- Started
- Jun 23, 2026
- Latest activity
- Aug 5, 2026
- Attributed to
- Not confirmedNo credible attribution yet
- Where
- Australia
- Sectors
- Healthcare
- Scale
- 21 of more than 60 Partnered Health clinics across New South Wales, Victoria, Queensland, Western Australia and the ACT
Current status
As of August 11, 2026, no new confirmed activity or official closure has been reported since the August 7 review.
Dormant: No new confirmed activity for a while, and nobody has called an official all clear.
Impact
Personal and health information, including Medicare numbers, private health insurance details, consultation notes, referral letters and pathology reports, was taken from patient records at clinics in the Partnered Health network.
What to do
Partnered Health patients should watch for a notification letter from the company and follow the identity protection steps it provides rather than assume their data is safe.
Timeline
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Aug 29, 2026
No new confirmed activity reported, so this incident moved to dormant while it stays open.
Dormant -
Aug 7, 2026
No new confirmed activity reported, so this incident moved to dormant while it stays open.
Dormant -
Jul 19, 2026
The confirmed number of affected clinics was reported as 21, with the company having reported the incident to the Australian Cyber Security Centre and the privacy regulator.
Activehealthcareitnews.com -
Jul 16, 2026
Reports criticized the roughly three-week delay between discovery and public disclosure of the breach.
Activeabc.net.au -
Jul 16, 2026
Partnered Health disclosed the breach to patients, more than three weeks after the intrusion, and said investigation into five additional clinics was still underway.
Activethecyberexpress.com -
Jul 15, 2026
Partnered Health publicly disclosed the breach, saying more than a dozen clinics across several states were affected.
Activeabc.net.au -
Jun 23, 2026
Partnered Health became aware that hackers had accessed and taken personal information from some of its clinics.
Emergingnews.com.au -
Jun 23, 2026
A malicious actor accessed Partnered Health's systems, compromising data at 21 clinics.
Activethecyberexpress.com
Sources
- Partnered Health Cyberattack Exposes Patient Data Across Australia The Cyber Express Jul 16, 2026
- Patients warned of potential data theft including pathology and Medicare records Australian Financial Review Jul 15, 2026
- Partnered Health cyber attack exposes patient medical records across clinic network news.com.au Jul 15, 2026 unverified
- Medical records and personal details stolen in GP network cyber attack ABC News Jul 15, 2026
- Delay in revealing Partnered Health breach and stolen patient data 'unacceptable' ABC News Jul 16, 2026
- Partnered Health cyberattack exposes insured patient data after Bupa deal Insurance Business Jul 16, 2026
- Personal info stolen from 21 Australian clinics Healthcare IT News Jul 19, 2026 unverified