Security News > 2024 > July > MediSecure: Ransomware gang stole data of 12.9 million people
MediSecure, an Australian prescription delivery service provider, revealed that roughly 12.9 million people had their personal and health information stolen in an April ransomware attack.
At the time, the Australian National Cyber Security Coordinator, who was helping MEdiSecure to mitigate the breach, described it as a "Large-scale ransomware data breach."
While investigating the ransomware attack, MediSecure found that the threat actors stole 6.5TB of data, which has since been restored from a server backup.
"MediSecure can confirm that approximately 12.9 million Australians who used the MediSecure prescription delivery service during the approximate period of March 2019 to November 2023 are impacted by this Incident based on individuals' healthcare identifiers. However, MediSecure is unable to identify the specific impacted individuals despite making all reasonable efforts to do so due to the complexity of the data set."
"Be on the lookout for scams referencing the MediSecure data breach, and do not respond to unsolicited contact that references the data breach experienced by MediSecure." the Australian National Cyber Security Coordinator warned on Thursday.
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