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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
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Ben Doherty

Medibank hack: Clare O’Neil says new cybercrime operation will hunt down ‘Russian thugs’

Home affairs minister Clare O’Neil said cyber-attacks, such as those on telco Optus, or health insurance provider Medibank, were a global scourge
Home affairs minister Clare O’Neil said cyber-attacks, such as those on telco Optus, or health insurance provider Medibank, were a global scourge. Photograph: James Ross/AAP

Australia has awoken from a cyber “slumber” and will “day in, day out hunt down the scumbags” who have stolen the health data of nearly 10 million Australians, home affairs minister Clare O’Neil has said.

After the Russian embassy complained it had not been informed the Australian government would publicly accuse Russian cybercriminals of being behind a hack on private health insurer Medibank, O’Neil did not resile from publicly blaming Russians for the hack.

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