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Medibank warns more patient data stolen due to data breach after hackers submit another 1,000 policy records


Australia’s largest health insurer Medibank Private Limited said it expected an increase in the number of customers affected by a major data breach, after it discovered its policy records. More than 1,000 customers were stolen.

Medibankprovides coverage to one in six Australians, said last week an unidentified person revealed the company had stolen the personal information of 100 customers, including medical diagnoses and procedures. economic.

On Tuesday, the company said it received more files from criminals, showing information including health and personal claim data of more patients, as well as files with some of its customer data. Medibank and international students.

“Given the complexity of what we received, it is still too early to determine the full extent of the customer data that was stolen,” the company said in a statement.

“As we continue to investigate the scale of this cybercrime, we expect the number of affected customers to grow as this unfolds.”

Medibank is the latest in a series of cybersecurity incidents that have rocked the Australian company, including a breach late last month in the country’s number. 2 telcos Optusthis compromised the data of up to 10 million customers.

An Australian Federal Police investigation into the Medibank hack is underway.

Last week, Reuters report that hackers threatened to leak stolen health data of 1,000 prominent Australians in a cybersecurity incident described by the government as a “major wake-up call”.

Medibank, one of Australia’s largest private health insurers, said last week that hackers claimed to have stolen 200GB of data.

“The criminal provided a sample of records for 100 policies,” it said in a statement to the Australian Stock Exchange. On Saturday, Australia offer stiffer penalties for companies that fail to protect their customers’ personal data after two major cybersecurity breaches left millions more vulnerable to criminals.

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