Australia: Medibank The private limited company said on Thursday that a criminal has proven that it has access to the personal and medical information of 100 of the health insurer’s customers, and the company warned that even more could be affected.
The criminal claims to have 200 gigabytes of data — including customer names, contact details, Medicare and policy numbers and some claims data such as diagnoses and procedures – that Medibank said it believed, based on evidence, were from its systems.
The perpetrator also claimed to have stolen other information, including data related to credit card security, which Medibank said it had not yet verified.
The update comes a day after the Melbourne-based company said a “hacker group” had been in touch to discuss the matter. Customer data It claimed to be recovered.
The Australian Federal Police is investigating the case, while Medibank is also working with it Cyber security Companies, The Australian Cyber Security Centre (ACSC) and other government authorities.
The incident is the latest in a spate of cyber breaches reported by Australian companies recently, including one of the biggest cyber breach attacks faced by mobile operator Optus late last month.
