Hacker releases Australian health insurer’s customer data

By ROD McGUIRK
Associated Press

CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Client data from Medibank, Australia’s largest health insurer, has been released by an extortionist, including details of HIV diagnoses and drug abuse treatments, after the company refused to pay a ransom for the personal records of almost 10 million current and former customers. The company says the material appears to be a sample of data that was stolen last month. Medibank expects the thief will continue releasing more data. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese is a Medibank customer and has had personal data stolen. He welcomed the company’s refusal to pay the hacker to have the records returned.