Overview
- Bevolkingsonderzoek Nederland is open to resuming work with the lab only once an external body confirms its data security.
- Clinical Diagnostics must submit an improvement plan and says it will devote the next six months to implementing the fixes.
- Demissionary state secretary Judith Tielen called robust information security a non-negotiable condition for any restart.
- Tielen expressed frustration over longer waits for screenings while noting expected health effects are likely minimal.
- The lab was hacked last year, with medical data from about 500,000 women stolen, disrupting the national program.