Tag: Medibank

Privacy watchdog sues Medibank over 2022 hack

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
The Australian privacy watchdog is taking Medibank to court over the insurer’s 2022 data breach, alleging the company did not adequately protect the data of its customers before the...

Privacy watchdog loses $12m and faces funding cliff

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
Australia’s national privacy office will lose more than $11 million in the next financial year as it faces a funding cliff and a backlog of investigations and freedom of...

Optus, Medibank breaches the ‘tip of the iceberg’: O’Neil

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
Australia’s two most high profile cyber incidents that exposed millions of people’s personal information are only the “tip of the iceberg”, Cybersecurity minister Clare O’Neil said on Tuesday, warning...

Privacy watchdog opens investigation into Medibank breach

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
Australia’s privacy watchdog has launched an investigation into the Medibank data breach that compromised the personal details of 9.7 million customers, on the same day the would-be hackers posted...

O’Neil details measures to mitigate Medibank breach harms

Posted on   |  by Brandon How
The federal government has engaged social media companies and placed protections on government data as part of initial measures designed to respond to the release of stolen Medibank customer...

Offshore data collection to be subject to Privacy Act

Posted on   |  by Brandon How
Foreign companies operating in Australia could soon be subject to the Privacy Act even if they do not collect or hold citizen data “directly from a source in Australia”...

Emergency powers activated to respond to Medibank hack

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
An emergency management tool developed to respond to the Covid pandemic has been activated by the federal government to deal with the escalating Medibank cyber-attack. Medibank on Tuesday revealed...