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Australian Companies Recover Faster With Tougher Regulations After Cyberattack: Study
Australian companies have sharply reduced the time it takes to recover from cyberattacks, a sign of improved preparedness amid heightened regulatory pressure following high-profile breaches at Optus and Medibank.
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Medibank Data Breach: Hackers Upload More Customer Data, Say 'Case Closed' on World Cybersecurity Day
Medibank data involving several customers was released by hackers on Thursday. The hackers claimed that they had added a "full folder" of the data, and said "case closed". The insurer, which has refused to pay a ransom to the hackers, said on Thursday that there were currently no signs that banking data had been stolen.
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Medibank Data Breach: Hackers Demand $10 Million for Stolen Australian Health Records
Hackers have demanded $10 million (roughly Rs. 82 crore) for health records stolen from major Australian healthcare firm Medibank. The hackers who breached Medibank uploaded more personal details of customers on a dark web forum on Thursday, and the health insurer has confirmed that access to 9.7 million current and former clients was accessed duri...
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Medibank Data Breach: Personal Information of Australian Health Insurer's Customers Posted to the Dark Web
Medibank data was posted to a forum on the dark web, weeks after a data breach at the biggest health insurance firm in Australia. The leaked data includes the names, addresses and birthdates of several customers and Medibank expects more data to be released, after saying earlier this week that the hackers exposed information of around 9.7 million p...
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Australia Pathology Service Provider Hacked, Data of Thousands of Patients Stolen as Hacking Epidemic Widens
Australian Clinical Labs disclosed on Thursday that hackers had stolen medical data of thousands of patients. One of Australia's largest pathology providers, ACL is the second firm to disclose such a breach in two weeks. The announcement comes a day after Medibank revealed that the data of 4 million customers had been breached.
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Medibank Warns More Patient Data Stolen in Data Breach After Hacker Sends Another 1,000 Policy Records
Medibank, Australia's biggest health insurer, has said that it expects the number of customers affected by a massive data breach detected last week to grow, after the insurer received more files from the hacker who breached the company. The files show information including personal and health claims data of more patients as well as files with some ...
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Australia Announces Tougher Fines for Data Breaches Following Recent Cyberattacks
Australia on Saturday proposed tougher penalties for companies that fail to protect customers’ personal data after two major cybersecurity breaches left millions vulnerable to criminals. The penalties for serious breaches of the Privacy Act would increase from AUD 2.2 million (nearly Rs. 11 crore) now to AUD 50 million (nearly Rs....
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Australia Proposes Stringent Penalties for Failure to Protect Customer Privacy After Cybersecurity Breaches
Australia has proposed tougher penalties for corporates that do not preserve the privacy of their customers. The country's decision comes weeks after two major cybersecurity incidents affected millions of citizens, and penalties for series breaches of the Privacy Act could increase from AUD 2.2 million (roughly Rs. 11 crore) to AUD 50 million (roug...
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Hackers Threaten to Leak Stolen Health Data of 1,000 Australian Celebrities Weeks After Optus Hack
Hackers have threatened to leak stolen health data of 1,000 famous Australians, after a data breach at Medibank, one of the largest private health insurers in the country. They have claimed to have stolen 200GB of data, providing a sample of records for 100 policies, the insurer said. The hackers have threatened that they will leak or sell the data...
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Australian Companies Recover Faster With Tougher Regulations After Cyberattack: Study
Australian companies have sharply reduced the time it takes to recover from cyberattacks, a sign of improved preparedness amid heightened regulatory pressure following high-profile breaches at Optus and Medibank.
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Medibank Data Breach: Hackers Upload More Customer Data, Say 'Case Closed' on World Cybersecurity Day
Medibank data involving several customers was released by hackers on Thursday. The hackers claimed that they had added a "full folder" of the data, and said "case closed". The insurer, which has refused to pay a ransom to the hackers, said on Thursday that there were currently no signs that banking data had been stolen.
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Medibank Data Breach: Hackers Demand $10 Million for Stolen Australian Health Records
Hackers have demanded $10 million (roughly Rs. 82 crore) for health records stolen from major Australian healthcare firm Medibank. The hackers who breached Medibank uploaded more personal details of customers on a dark web forum on Thursday, and the health insurer has confirmed that access to 9.7 million current and former clients was accessed duri...
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Medibank Data Breach: Personal Information of Australian Health Insurer's Customers Posted to the Dark Web
Medibank data was posted to a forum on the dark web, weeks after a data breach at the biggest health insurance firm in Australia. The leaked data includes the names, addresses and birthdates of several customers and Medibank expects more data to be released, after saying earlier this week that the hackers exposed information of around 9.7 million p...
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Australia Pathology Service Provider Hacked, Data of Thousands of Patients Stolen as Hacking Epidemic Widens
Australian Clinical Labs disclosed on Thursday that hackers had stolen medical data of thousands of patients. One of Australia's largest pathology providers, ACL is the second firm to disclose such a breach in two weeks. The announcement comes a day after Medibank revealed that the data of 4 million customers had been breached.
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Medibank Warns More Patient Data Stolen in Data Breach After Hacker Sends Another 1,000 Policy Records
Medibank, Australia's biggest health insurer, has said that it expects the number of customers affected by a massive data breach detected last week to grow, after the insurer received more files from the hacker who breached the company. The files show information including personal and health claims data of more patients as well as files with some ...
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Australia Announces Tougher Fines for Data Breaches Following Recent Cyberattacks
Australia on Saturday proposed tougher penalties for companies that fail to protect customers’ personal data after two major cybersecurity breaches left millions vulnerable to criminals. The penalties for serious breaches of the Privacy Act would increase from AUD 2.2 million (nearly Rs. 11 crore) now to AUD 50 million (nearly Rs....
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Australia Proposes Stringent Penalties for Failure to Protect Customer Privacy After Cybersecurity Breaches
Australia has proposed tougher penalties for corporates that do not preserve the privacy of their customers. The country's decision comes weeks after two major cybersecurity incidents affected millions of citizens, and penalties for series breaches of the Privacy Act could increase from AUD 2.2 million (roughly Rs. 11 crore) to AUD 50 million (roug...
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Hackers Threaten to Leak Stolen Health Data of 1,000 Australian Celebrities Weeks After Optus Hack
Hackers have threatened to leak stolen health data of 1,000 famous Australians, after a data breach at Medibank, one of the largest private health insurers in the country. They have claimed to have stolen 200GB of data, providing a sample of records for 100 policies, the insurer said. The hackers have threatened that they will leak or sell the data...
