Australia, on Tuesday (Jan 23) sanctioned a Russian man named Aleksandr Ermakov for his role in the country’s worst data breach, which impacted nearly 10 million customers of the insurer Medibank.

Medibank breach: Russian hacker sanctioned for role in Australia’s biggest data theft

In November, a group of hackers compromised the data of the health insurer Medibank and demanded a hefty ransom amount or else had threatened to sell the data of the firm's customers online.

Not paid ransom, hackers dump Australian health data on dark web, wish 'Happy Cyber Security Day'

Hours after Australian Federal Police (AFP) blamed Russian hackers for the Medibank hack, the Russian embassy on Friday evening released a statement, criticising AFP and its Commissioner Reece Kershaw's decision to openly blame Moscow.

Medibank data leak: Russia responds after Australian police blame hackers based in Russia

The Australian Federal Police (AFP) has blamed Russian hackers for the Medibank hack, hours after another tranche of data from the medical insurer firm related to abortion was leaked online.

Medibank data leak: Australian police blame Russian hackers

Personal data of millions of customers of Australia’s largest health insurer Medibank was leaked online on Wednesday, a month after it was stolen by hackers. The data of around 9.

Millions of personal data leaked online after Medibank refuses to pay ransom

Australia's biggest health insurer, Medibank Private Ltd, revealed on Wednesday that a cyber hack had compromised data of all of its nearly four million customers.

Data of all its nearly 4mn customers compromised by the hack, says Medibank

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