The worst-case situation for Medibank clients has come to fruition with these behind the cyber assault releasing what seems to be an enormous quantity of the information they obtained.
In what they've claimed to be their closing replace, the hacker up to date their darkish internet discussion board this morning with a easy message.
"Joyful Cyber Safety Day!!!," they stated.
"Added folder full. Case closed."
November 30 is "Worldwide Cyber Safety Day" and the date chosen by the hacker (of their native time) to launch this data.
The reference to "added folder full" pertains to the folder named "full", the place the brand new information has been positioned.
Inside that folder are six recordsdata, which at 6.4 gigabytes do not look like as a lot as Medibank believed was stolen from its system.
However it's vastly greater than had been launched earlier than at present.
Earlier releases of knowledge have been lower than a megabyte; the brand new folder is 6400 megabytes.
9News believes the recordsdata include the information of tens of 1000's of Australians, presumably many extra.
Whereas the data has been launched solely on the darkish internet, earlier releases from this hacker have rapidly made their manner onto open internet hacker boards, so the identical may happen right here.
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Medibank's response for purchasers stays complete, with well being and wellbeing help strains, psychological well being help and specialised groups to help any buyer who receives scams or threats.
All Medibank clients are suggested to stay hyper-vigilant to scams through SMS, telephone and e mail.
They're urged to not pay any ransom or interact with any scammer claiming to have their data. As an alternative, they need to be reported to Scamwatch.gov.au