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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Rod McGuirk

Hacker publishes Australian health insurer's customer data

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Medibank client data was published by an extortionist Wednesday, including details of individuals' medical procedures, after Australia’s largest health insurer refused to pay a ransom for the personal records of almost 10 million current and former customers.

The release of information on the dark web appeared to be a sample of the data that Medibank had previously determined had been stolen last month, a company said. Medibank expected the thief would continue releasing data.

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