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Half of Australia’s population was exposed in the MediSecure breach, but victims might never know if they’re affected
Financial difficulties at MediSecure mean it doesn’t have the resources to establish exactly who was impacted in a recent breach and what data was stolen
Although MediSecure was unable to specify exactly what data was accessed, it listed the kinds of information it believed were impacted by the incident, including a customer’s full name, title, date of birth, gender; email address, and phone number. Australia’s national cyber security coordinator took to LinkedIn shortly after the hacker published the samples to warn citizens not to go looking for their stolen data on the dark web, which would only strengthen their business model. In addition to not being able to specify exactly what the hackers were able to steal, MediSecure said the complexity of the database made it impractical to identify and inform all of the individuals affected by the attack due to financial constraints.
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