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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Josh Taylor

Medibank hacker says ransom demand was US$10m as purported abortion health records posted

Medibank signage in Brisbane
Hackers behind the Medibank cyber-attack have posted data in a ‘good list’ and ‘naughty list’, with the latter said to include high-profile claims related to drugs or mental health. Photograph: Jono Searle/AAP

The hacker behind the cyber-attack on Medibank set a US$10m price on not releasing the data, they claimed, alongside a new leak of apparently hacked records that purports to contain abortion health information.

In the early hours of Thursday on a dark web blog linked to the REvil Russian ransomware group, the attacker posted that they initially sought US$10m from Medibank, then reduced the price.

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