College scrambles to plug security breach which may have exposed GPs’ personal details

Statement from RNZCGP: “As of 10.30am 1 December, we’ve received 19 responses from members in relation to the security breach email we sent them yesterday. Most were seeking clarification about whether their details had been released. We have replied to them all individually confirming that, at this stage we are unable to confirm who exactly has been affected. We advised that as soon as we have more information about what happened and who was affected, we’ll be sending out another update. The information released is limited to contact details only, but there are non-members listed in the database, so the breach is not limited to GPs.”