Hackers threaten to release Aussie celebs’ health data


People walk past a Medibank branch in Sydney, on Oct 20, 2022. Medibank health insurer is being extorted for customers' data in the nation's second major cybersecurity breach in a month, an official says. — AP

SYDNEY: Hackers have threatened to leak the stolen health data of 1,000 famous Australians in a cybersecurity incident described by the government on Oct 20 as a “huge wake-up call”.

Medibank, one of Australia’s largest private health insurers, said Oct 20 that the hackers were claiming to have stolen 200 gigabytes of data.

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