Hacked Australian health insurer data posted to dark web


A Medibank Private Ltd branch in Sydney, Australia. The hackers warned early Nov 8 that they would release the data within 24 hours, a day after the Melbourne-based company said it wouldn’t pay a ransom because that would only encourage further crime. — Bloomberg

Data stolen from an Australian health insurer, including the names, addresses and birthdates of hundreds of customers, has been posted to a forum on the so-called dark web.

The files appear to be a sample of the data that was accessed, Medibank Private Ltd said in a statement on Nov 9. The company expects more data to be released, after earlier this week saying the hackers exposed information of around 9.7 million people.

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