{"id":9361,"date":"2024-02-23T12:02:50","date_gmt":"2024-02-22T23:02:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/?p=9361"},"modified":"2024-02-23T12:02:50","modified_gmt":"2024-02-22T23:02:50","slug":"te-whatu-ora-vaccine-data-leak-barry-young-reappears","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/?p=9361","title":{"rendered":"Te Whatu Ora vaccine data leak: Barry Young reappears"},"content":{"rendered":"

A former Health New Zealand employee accused of leaking Covid-19 vaccine data has appeared in court today ahead of his jury trial.<\/p>\n

At least 12,000 people had personal information released as part of the 2023 leak.<\/p>\n

Barry Young pleaded not guilty in December to a charge of accessing computer systems for a dishonest purpose.<\/p>\n

This morning about 20 supporters waited for him outside Wellington District Court holding signs thanking the 56-year-old IT worker for his alleged actions, which they described as “whistleblowing”.<\/p>\n

Young stopped and spoke with them ahead of his procedural hearing.<\/p>\n

His lawyer, Kevin Preston, told the court the police had not provided the defence with the information required in time for today’s hearing, although he noted a USB was delivered to his office on Tuesday afternoon.<\/p>\n

“It’s encrypted and I can’t access it,” he said.<\/p>\n

Young was bailed until his next hearing in April. A trial date is yet to be set.<\/p>\n

In a separate case involving Ministry of Health information, the ministry said on Thursday a staff member it claims leaked information to the media was\u00a0no longer employed by the ministry.<\/a><\/p>\n

RNZ last month\u00a0reported on a ministry document<\/a>\u00a0which showed the Associate Health Minister Casey Costello had requested advice on freezing the annual increase in tobacco tax.<\/p>\n

That was despite Costello saying she had not sought advice on that.<\/p>\n

In a statement, Director-General of Health Diana Sarfati – who heads the ministry – said the individual responsible for the leak had been identified after an investigation – and was no longer working at the ministry.<\/p>\n

Source: RNZ<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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