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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
Technology
Nino Bucci

Clare O’Neil warns of new world of ‘relentless’ cyber-attacks after Medibank hack

A Medibank store.
Health insurer Medibank says it is working urgently to establish if customer information has been compromised. Photograph: Bianca de Marchi/AAP

The cyber-security minister, Clare O’Neil, has warned of a new world “under relentless cyber-attack” as Australia’s security agencies scramble to stop the latest ransomware attack.

Private health insurer Medibank has entered a trading halt after telling customers it had received messages from a group claiming to have accessed the data of its customers in a cyber-attack.

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