Security News > 2022 > December > All of Medibank’s stolen data leaked, Australia increases maximum penalties for data breaches

Australian health insurance provider Medibank has confirmed that another batch of the customer data stolen in the recent breach has been leaked.

Medibank is making an effort to minimize the bad news, somewhat, by saying that much the data leaked is incomplete and hard to understand.

High-profile data breaches pushed Australia to increase fines.

The Office of the Australian Information Commissioner - which is the national data protection authority for Australia - has announced the start of an investigation into the personal information handling practices of Medibank.

The Medibank breach and other recent high-profile data breaches at big Australian companies have spurred the Australian parlament to vote in legislation that has increased the fines Australian business face if hit with data breaches.

"These new, larger penalties send a clear message to large companies that they must do better to protect the data they collect."

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