The Russian cybercriminals behind the Medibank hack have launched extra stolen well being knowledge as they proceed to play video games with prospects of the nation’s largest well being insurer.
The ransomware group dumped a fifth installment of delicate buyer data on the darkish internet in a single day after the corporate earlier this month refused to pay a ransom of $10 million ($15 million Australians) to retrieve it.
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“Added extra psycho.csv, hiv.csv, viral_hepatitis.csv, std.csv, ….” recordsdata, they mentioned in a publish seen by AAP on Sunday.
These newest recordsdata are believed to comprise no data on therapies for sexually transmitted illnesses and are one other instance of the hackers making an attempt to unfold concern.
Medibank mentioned the info consisted of 4 recordsdata containing 1,496 information and 123 information have been from earlier launched recordsdata.
“We at the moment are conducting additional evaluation of the recordsdata to find out their accuracy. Earlier recordsdata launched didn’t match our information,” he mentioned.
Medibank confirmed there was data on power circumstances comparable to coronary heart illness, diabetes and bronchial asthma, individuals with most cancers and folks with psychological well being circumstances together with delirium, and different circumstances.
“As soon as once more, I unreservedly apologize to our prospects,” Medibank CEO David Koczkar mentioned in an announcement.
He warned that there have been actual individuals behind the info.
“Anybody who downloads this knowledge from the darkish internet, which is extra sophisticated than looking for data on a public web discussion board and tries to revenue from it, is committing against the law,” Koczkar mentioned.
Medibank additionally reminded prospects affected by the info theft that they’ll get assist by means of its Cyber Response help program.
This contains psychological well being and well-being assist, id safety and measures within the occasion of economic hardship.
“We stay dedicated to speaking absolutely and transparently with prospects and can proceed to achieve out to prospects whose knowledge has been posted on the darkish internet,” Koczkar mentioned.
The hackers hadn’t launched any new recordsdata since Nov. 13, once they introduced they have been bypassing every week “in hopes of one thing vital taking place” by way of ransom calls for.
At Medibank’s annual assembly in Melbourne final week, its executives stood by their resolution to not pay the hackers the ransom, saying it might solely encourage extra criminals and extra hacks.
Medibank has additionally elevated its buyer assist workforce to over 300 individuals.
The Australian Federal Police are investigating the hack.
Medibank workers knowledge uncovered to hackers.
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