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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Josh Taylor

Medibank hackers announce ‘case closed’ and dump huge data file on dark web

a shop front for Australia's largest health insurance company Medibank, in Sydney
A compressed file has been posted on the dark web by cybercriminals behind the Medibank hack, with the size indicating it could contain the remainder of customer data. Photograph: Muhammad Farooq/AFP/Getty Images

The cybercriminals behind the Medibank cyber-attack have posted on the dark web what appears to be the remainder of the customer data they took from the health insurer, stating it is “case closed” for the hack.

On Thursday morning, the blog – which returned online after several days of being offline last week – posted “Happy Cyber Security Day!!! Added folder full. Case closed.” and included a file that has several compressed files amounting to over 5GB.

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