A national medical script provider has collapsed less than three weeks after it was hacked.
On Tuesday, digital prescription company MediSecure Limited went into administration while a subsidiary of the business, Operations MDS Pty Ltd, went into liquidation.
Vaughan Strawbridge and Paul Harlond of restructuring firm FTI Consulting have been announced as the joint administrators and liquidators respectively of both entities, just before noon on Wednesday.
The Melbourne-based business has been operating since 2009 and specialised in providing electronic prescriptions to health professionals.
But last month, MediSecure fell victim to a large-scale ransomware attack which appears to have made it impossible for the business to continue.
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