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Australia To Consider Banning Ransomware Payments - Slashdot
Australia will consider banning ransomware payments in a bid to undermine the cybercriminal business model, a government minister said on Sunday. From a report: Clare O'Neil, the minister for home affairs and cybersecurity, confirmed to Australia's public broadcaster ABC that the government was...
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Some more background:

Medibank mental health data posted on dark web as Russian hackers vow to ‘keep our word’
Group releases file containing hundreds of customer claims as government considers banning ransom payments for cybercrime
AFP steps in as Medibank hack data migrates from dark web
The Australian Federal Police are stepping up efforts to contain the fallout of the Medibank hack amid evidence that the sensitive health data leaked by the criminals is becoming more publicly available.

Medibank hackers dump fresh customer data on dark web
‘There is (sic) some more records for everybody to know.’


What Caused the Medibank Data Breach? | UpGuard
Learn the reason why the Medibank data breach was possible and the security measures you can implement to avoid a similar fate.

https://www.cshub.com/attacks/news/iotw-everything-we-know-about-the-medibank-data-leak (As of November 11th)