Australia’s privacy watchdog will take legal action against Medibank Private for failing to protect the medical details of 9.7 million Australians, which were accessed by Russian cybercriminals in 2022, with fines in the civil action potentially exceeding $21.5 trillion.
The Australian Information Commissioner Angelene Falk initiated an investigation into the breach, in which deeply personal medical details of some Australians were published on the dark web.
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