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Australia will introduce laws to parliament to increase penalties for companies subject to major data breaches, Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus said, after high-profile cyberattacks hit millions of Australians in recent weeks.

A man holds a laptop computer as cyber code is projected on him in this illustration picture taken on May 13.A man holds a laptop computer as cyber code is projected on him in this illustration picture taken on May 13.for companies subject to major data breaches, Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus said, after high-profile cyberattacks hit millions of Australians in recent weeks.

That attack was followed this month by a data breach at health insurer Medibank Private, which covers one-sixth of Australians, resulting in personal information of 100 customers being stolen, including medical diagnoses and procedures, as part of a theft of 200 gigabytes of data. When Australians were asked to hand over personal data to companies, they had a right to expect it would be protected, the attorney-general said.

 

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