Australian insurance company Medibank, which recently suffered a cyberattack by an unknown threat actor, confirmed the incident. Emily Ritchie, the Senior Executive of External Affairs at the organization, released a report on the breach admitting to the theft of the personal data of its customers, including their names, addresses, phone numbers, medical records, and more.
Medibank Confirms Cyberattack, Shares How It Impacts Customers
The company claims to be transparent with its customers and has shared the incident in chronological order including what mitigation is being employed for repercussions of the attack. Moreover, it admits to being contacted by an unknown cybercriminal, claiming to have stolen 200GB of confidential data.
Last Wednesday, Medibank announced that it had received a message from a threat group claiming to “negotiate” with it in exchange for 200GB of data. As a warning sign, the threat actors provided a sample record of 100 in-system policies for Australian Health Management (AHM) and international student systems.
