Optus and Medibank Data Breach Cases Allege Cyber Security Failures

Australian regulators allege that cyber security failures at Optus and Medibank contributed to data breaches in 2022, leading to theft of sensitive customer data. Continue reading Optus and Medibank Data Breach Cases Allege Cyber Security Failures

Medibank breach: Security failures revealed (lack of MFA among them)

The 2022 Medibank data breach / extortion attack perpetrated by the REvil ransomware group started by the attackers leveraging login credentials stolen from a private computer of an employee of a Medibank’s IT contractor. According to a statement… Continue reading Medibank breach: Security failures revealed (lack of MFA among them)

All of Medibank’s stolen data leaked, Australia increases maximum penalties for data breaches

Australian health insurance provider Medibank has confirmed that another batch of the customer data stolen in the recent breach has been leaked. “We are conducting further analysis on the files today and at this stage believe there are 6 zipped f… Continue reading All of Medibank’s stolen data leaked, Australia increases maximum penalties for data breaches

Ransomware Gang Leaks Medibank Data on Dark Web

By Habiba Rashid
The leak came just days after Medibank, Australia’s largest health insurer, refused to pay ransom to hackers.
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Having refused to pay ransom, health insurer Medibank sees customer data posted online by hackers

A ransomware gang has begun to publish data on the dark web stolen from Australia’s largest health insurer Medibank.

Curiously, the hackers have released details of insured customers, sorted into two files bearing the label “naughty-list” and “good-… Continue reading Having refused to pay ransom, health insurer Medibank sees customer data posted online by hackers

Medibank Distressed As Ransomware Group Threatens to Post Stolen Data

By Habiba Rashid
While some believe the ransomware group threatening Medibank to be a REvil relaunch, others suspect it is BlogXX, a new operation linked to REvil. 
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Medibank data breach: More customers affected, attacker got in via stolen credentials

Australian private health insurance provider Medibank has revealed that the hack and data breach it discovered over two weeks ago has affected more customers than initially thought. “We have received a series of additional files from the criminal… Continue reading Medibank data breach: More customers affected, attacker got in via stolen credentials