The electronic prescriptions provider MediSecure has revealed 12.9 million people, or almost half of the whole country, had their personal and health data stolen by hackers earlier this year in one of the biggest breaches in Australian history.



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MediSecure reveals 12.9m Australians had personal data stolen in cyber attack

Online eScripts provider MediSecure has revealed 12.9 million Australians had personal data stolen in a cyber breach earlier this year, making it one of the largest data hacks in Australian history.

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A whopping 12.9 million Aussies have been hacked, one of the biggest cyber security breaches in the country’s history.

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12.9m Aussies hacked in major data breach

Electronic prescription service provider MediSecure disclosed that its company was hacked by cyber attackers earlier this year, with the personal health data of 1.29 million customers stolen. This is the largest network attack in Australian history.

電子處方服務商MediSecure透露，今年早些時候，其公司遭黑客攻擊，1290萬顧客的個人健康數據被盜。這是澳洲有史以來最大的網絡攻擊事件。

MediSecure遭黑客攻擊 近1300萬澳人信息泄露 | 個人數據被盜 | 網絡攻擊

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MediSecure Hacked, Nearly 13 Million Australians' Information Leaked

E-prescription company MediSecure revealed up to 12.9 million Australians have been affected by a cyber hack, with some information uploaded to the dark web.

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Millions of people hit by prescription cyber attack

Half of the Australian population has had their information stolen in one of the nation’s largest data breaches.
On July 18, electronic prescription service MediSecure announced that it had ceased investigation of a cyber attack into one of its database servers in early 2024.
According to the company’s findings, hackers stole personal and sensitive information, including contact details, Medicare card numbers, and health information, of around 1…

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Identifying each customer and informing them of the hack was not financially viable for the company, MediSecure stated, adding that 6.5 terabytes of data was stolen.

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Massive MediSecure Hack Exposes Data Of 12.9 Million Australians

Electronic prescriptions provider MediSecure revealed on Thursday 12.9 million customers had their data stolen, with an unknown amount uploaded to the dark web. By Kat Wong in Canberra A cyber attack that led to the theft of personal data relating to almost half of all Australians will not be the last incident of its kind, the prime minister has warned. Electronic prescriptions provider MediSecure revealed on Thursday 12.9 million customers had …

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MediSecure reveals about 12.9 million Australians had personal data stolen by hackers in April

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