The private health insurer’s top managers won’t face a pay cut at this year’s annual meeting despite the data hack exposing 9.7 million current and former customers.
The hack of Medibank and Optus should move Australia out of its “cyberslumber”,according to the Home Affairs Minister who signalled more forms on the agenda.
While the criminal gangs are not directed by the Kremlin,they are strategically aligned to plunder Western targets and sow chaos.
Australians are being told to expect a fresh wave of cyberattacks after the AFP named Russia as the home of the group attacking Medibank.
Even in the criminal underworld of hacking,reputation and trust count for something - so say the attackers of Australia’s largest private health insurer.
The hackers suspected to be behind the Medibank data theft have thumbed their noses at the federal government after being warned the “smartest and toughest” people in Australia are coming after them.
In the past few days the Australian victims of cyberhacking must feel like they have woken up in a nightmare.
The suspected hackers behind the theft of Medibank data linked to 9.7 million customers have claimed they demanded a $US10 million ($15 million) ransom from the health insurer.
Five phone calls in a row and the forme tennis champion knew something was wrong.
Medibank has confirmed the release appears to contain data stolen from the insurer,including hundreds of names,addresses,birthdates,Medicare details and some health claims information.
I’m not bothered whether I make my way onto the “good” or “naughty” list,but I do worry about those for whom the exposure of information could be distressing,or worse,dangerous.