Minister preps for Medibank hack fallout
The Medibank hack has developed into a crisis in the same league as the COVID-19 pandemic, Minister for cybersecurity Clare O’Neil told parliament on Tuesday, saying the “smartest and toughest” people in government would take charge of the response after criminals stepped up their demands and the scope of the crisis widened.
Australia’s biggest health insurer was forced to do yet another embarrassing backflip, revealing the extortionists have data from customers of its core Medibank brand health insurance.
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