Medibank negotiating with company claiming to be behind cyber attack

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The private health insurer is the latest company to report a cyber attack.

abc.net.au/news/medibank-negotiating-with-cyber-hackers/101554194Health insurer Medibank Private has confirmed they have received messages from a group wishing to negotiate with the company regarding their alleged removal of customer data.The company has halted trade until further noticeThe update comes less than a week after the companyMedibank says they are working urgently to establish if the claim is true, but are treating the matter seriously.

"We have always said that we will prioritise responding to this matter as transparently as possible," Mr Koczkar said. "Our team has been working around the clock since we first discovered the unusual activity on our systems, and we will not stop doing that now. "We will continue to take decisive action to protect Medibank customers, our people and other stakeholders."

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Quantum.....tech advanced faster than anyone expected. say no more🤔

I haven’t been a medibank customer for over 7 years. They sent me an email about this cyber attack. Why am I being sent an email when I am not a customer. They just still hold my personal information.

No where in Medibank’s advice to the public, is there any reference to them negotiating with the alleged entity behind the attack. What the heck do you know ABC that you aren’t disclosing in this article? So has data actually been stolen?

WEF digital ID agenda in action.

I thought the latest update is that our data isn’t compromised? I’m a medibank customer, can you please confirm this, medibank?

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