Hackers put stolen medical records relating to abortions on the dark web on Thursday after Australia’s largest health insurer refused to pay them a ransom. The extortionists, described by a government minister as “scumbags”, are demanding AU$14m (£8m) from Medibank to stop leaking stolen information about clients.
The hackers posted a file labelled “abortions” on a dark web blog that is linked to ransomware crime group REvil, which some experts say has links to Russia.
