The Latest Breaking News from Medibank

Health insurer Medibank has reported a solid boost in half-year profit despite losing 13,000 policyholders after the breach of millions of its customers' data.

The markets end lower as company reporting season winds down, with results from Qantas and Medibank making for interesting reading. Here's how the day unfolded.

Australians would be able to demand companies delete their personal information under a European-style overhaul of privacy laws.

Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus yesterday released a report with 30 proposals for updating Australia’s privacy regime. The proposals are practical, necessary and overdue. However, they are just proposals, which have been made several times in the past before disappearing into the “too hard basket” of the Australian, state and territory governments.

Law firm Baker McKenzie says company failed to protect privacy of customers in Australia and overseas

The high-profile cyber attacks on Medibank and Optus led to the prime minister commissioning a public service security review, but the report remains secret.

Australians are keeping a wary eye on staple local businesses after a horror year of hacks and travel disruptions.

Three law firms are teaming up for a data breach legal case against Medibank after millions of customers had their data leaked. This is what we know about how it will work.

Australians who sought quotes with health insurance firm ahm, but didn't sign up, have been caught in a major data breach.

Three class action law firms say they have registered tens of thousands of Medibank customers whose data was hacked last October.

Dfat confirms it has provided advice to minister Penny Wong about using cyber-related powers introduced last year