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PrintMedibank Hack Gets More Gross As Hacker Leaks Sensitive Patient Details
- The major hack of an Australian health insurer's patient data, now tied to Russian cybercriminals, escalated in scope as it leaked more information identifying individuals on a dark web forum, the Washington Post reported.
- The information leaked included patients who received abortions or treatment for mental health issues, alcoholism, and addiction recovery.
- The head of the national police called it a crime with "malicious and far-reaching consequences," which has "the potential to impact millions of Australians and damage a significant Australian business."
- Australian Federal Police Commissioner
Reece Kershaw heldRussia responsible for the hack. "Our intelligence points to a group of loosely affiliated cybercriminals who are likely responsible for past significant breaches in countries across the world." - The insurer, Medibank, had said in a statement that the data included names, addresses, dates of birth, phone numbers, and email addresses.
- CEO
David Koczkar said the information's release after it rejected a demand for ransom money was "an attack on the most vulnerable members of our community." - Medibank acknowledged the hack on
October 13. - The hacker accessed the personal information of 9.7 million customers and 480,000 health claims.
- The hackers reportedly posted a
$10 million ransom demand that had increased to$15 million . - Telecommunications company Optus was the victim of an attack in September, with the data of 10 million customers accessed illegally.
- Uber Technologies, Inc NYSE:UBER recently held the Lapsus$ group responsible for its recent hack. The breach forced Uber to shut down some internal systems temporarily.
- Lapsus$ was held responsible for the hacks of Microsoft Corp NASDAQ: MSFT, Samsung Electronics Co, Ltd (OTC: SSNLF), Nvidia Corp NASDAQ: NVDA, and Okta Inc NASDAQ: OKTA.
- Photo by S. Hermann & F. Richter from Pixabay
