Patients caught up in the CanopyHealth data breach are furious that it took the company six months to tell them about it. On Monday, it was revealed the leading private provider doing breast cancer diagnosis and treatment took six months to notify some patients or the public of a major cyber attack on its systems.
In an update on its website this week, Canopy Health – the largest private medical oncology provider in the country – said on 18 July 2025, it identified that an unknown person “temporarily obtained unauthorised access” to a part of its systems used by its administration team.
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Source: RNZ News
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