These are real people behind this data and the misuse of their data is deplorable and may discourage them from seeking medical care.” “The relentless nature of this tactic being used by the criminal is designed to cause distress and harm. “It’s obvious the criminal is enjoying the notoriety,” he said. Medibank CEO David Koczkar said he expected the “disgraceful” release of customer data to continue each day. The group claimed on Thursday it had demanded a ransom of $US1 for each of Medibank’s 9.7 million affected customers, for a total of $US9.7 million (almost $A15 million). we always keep our word, if we wouldn’t receive a ransom – we should post this data, because nobody will believe us in the future.” “You telling that is disgusting (woof-woof), that we publish some data,” they wrote on Friday in the blog seen by AAP. The ransomware group added a file named “Boozy.csv” to the dark web, which appears to contain information related to alcohol issues after a data dump on Thursday named “abortions.csv”. The hackers had thumbed their noses at the government after being warned the toughest “cyber guns” in Australia are coming after them, releasing more sensitive details of customers’ medical records on the dark web overnight. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese earlier told reporters he was “disgusted by the perpetrators of this criminal act”, as he authorised the AFP boss to disclose the information. Kershaw said talks would be held with Russian law enforcement about the individuals involved, who were known but would not be publicly named at this stage.
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