Australian Health Insurance Firm Medibank Hit by Ransomware Attack

October 20, 2022

INCIDENT

Major Australian health insurance provider Medibank Private Limited disclosed being hit by a ransomware attack on October 12. The attack resulted in a temporary service outage, which has since been resolved. The company claim that no systems were encrypted during the attack.

UPDATE 07Nov22: Medibank Says Hacker Accessed Data Of 9.7 Million Customers, Refuses To Pay Ransom

Incident Date

October 12, 2022

Location

Australia

Estimated Cost

9.7 million PII compromised

Type of Malware

No Malware identified

Threat Source

No threat source identified