Cyber black market selling hacked ATO and MyGov logins shows Medibank and Optus only tip of iceberg

Summary

Sean Rubinsztein-Dunlop and colleagues writing in ABC News make the following points:

•  At least 12 million Australians have had their data exposed.
•  Many hacking victims haven’t been notified despite assurances they have.
•  Postings on the clear and dark web.
•  The cost of buying personal or corporate information is declining.
•  Medibank is facing a possible class action lawsuit.

References

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References from the Web:

• NOV 2022 After Optus, Medibank hacks, the government plans to firm-up defences for ATO, Centrelink data-ABC News
• NOV 2022 All the Big Data Breaches of 2022 (So Far)-Gizmodo

Source Information: 

• Article Source: ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
• Media Check:   ABC News Australia - Media Bias/Fact Check (mediabiasfactcheck.com)
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