2026 Unichem Petone — website error exposed 29 patients' private pharmacy messages
Data compromised
Per pharmacy owner: 29 patients' private messages submitted via the contact form, including names and medication-related inquiries, exposed publicly June 3–22, 2026
Technical writeup
Unichem Petone, a Wellington, New Zealand community pharmacy, confirmed June 2026 that a website portal error after a provider change in early June left patient "contact us" form messages publicly accessible on the internet until June 22. Owner Joseph Tsou told RNZ the pharmacy is contacting 29 affected patients and has scrubbed the messages from public view. Reporting linked the incident to rapid website development practices. BreachHistory indexes the attested 29-patient count.
Root cause
Website provider change in early June 2026 created a system error that left "contact us" form messages publicly accessible on the internet until remediation