Australian health insurance giant Medibank said no ransom payment will be made to the criminals responsible for a recent data leak, wherein around 9.7 million current and former customers’ data was compromised. This figure represents around 5.1 million Medibank customers, 2.8 million ahm customers and around 1.8 million international customers
Medibank confirmed that name, date of birth, address, phone number, and email addresses for around 9.7 million current and former customers were accessed in the data theft. Medibank first announced the cyberattack on October 12.
The health insurer believes the criminals have not accessed primary identity documents, such as drivers’ licenses, for Medibank and ahm resident customers, because it does not collect primary identity documents for resident customers except in exceptional circumstances.
The Australian Federal Police (AFP) later announced that it has identified the criminals.
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