Medibank prognosis gets worse after more stolen data leaked
"Based on the extensive advice we have received from cyber crime experts we believe there is only a limited chance paying a ransom would ensure the return of our customers' data and prevent it from being published," CEO David Koczkar said in aThe stolen customer info made public in the latest data dump appear to be"personal data," not financial information, and"is not sufficient to enable identity and financial fraud," according to Medibank's Thursday...
Despite the criminals'"case closed" claims,"we expected the criminal to continue to release files on the dark web," it added. Also on Thursday, Australia's data protection agency formally launched an investigation into Medibank's data privacy and security practices that led to the breach. "The OAIC's investigation will focus on whether Medibank took reasonable steps to protect the personal information they held from misuse, interference, loss, unauthorised access, modification or disclosure," the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner said in a"The investigation will also consider whether Medibank took reasonable steps to implement practices, procedures and systems to ensure compliance with the Australian Privacy Principles ," it added.
If the data privacy agency finds"serious and/or repeated" privacy-related offenses, it may seek civil penalties up to $2.2 million for each violation.to an attack on October 13. At the time it said it had taken down systems that run two sub-brands as a precaution, but that no customer data had been accessed at either those brands or Medibank itself.the earlier assessment and said the crooks had been in contact to negotiate a deal to get the patient data back.
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