Russian Medibank hacker first to be hit with sanctions

Australia has imposed cyber sanctions on Russian man Aleksandr Ermakov over a Medibank data breach. (HANDOUT/DEPARTMENT OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS AND TRADE)

A Russian man has been sanctioned by the government for his role in a data breach which compromised the personal details of more than 10 million Australians.

At least 9.7 million Medibank customers had information including names, dates of birth, addresses and phone numbers compromised in October 2022, some of which was published on the dark web.