The Latest Breaking News from Medibank

On October 13 one of Australia’s largest medical insurers, Medibank, announced it had suffered a cyberattack – one which has resulted in the breached personal details of 9.7 million customers in Australia. We now know the hackers, who are almost certainly Russian, demanded a ransom of US$9.7 million (about A$15…

Australian Federal Police warn public it is a criminal offence to seek out the data posted by a Russian ransomware group

Karen Andrews is the former home affairs minister and now shadows that portfolio, which includes cyber-security.

Unlike other states and territories, NSW government agencies will legally be required to report customer data breaches like cyber attacks, if a new bill is passed through parliament.

Post on blog linked to Russian ransomware group says it offered ‘discount’ ransom to health insurer of US$9.7m, or $1 for each customer’s data

More customer information has been uploaded to the dark web as the federal police ramp up their investigation.

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The focus of heightened scrutiny following the Medibank hack, health service providers informed the privacy commissioner of 79 data breaches in the first half of this year alone.

Some of the stolen data from Medibank customers has been leaked online. Here's what we know so far.

The hackers behind the huge Medibank data breach say they offered the health insurer a "discount" ransom in return for not publishing the information.