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Insurer pleased more people taking care of their health

Health insurer Medibank Private has lifted its annual profit by almost 30 per cent after drawing in more money from its insurance products.

AAP · Aug 19

Insurer's 'failing' health system warning as costs soar

Health insurer Medibank Private has lifted its interim bottom-line net profit after the number of Australians taking out policies increased.

AAP · Feb 19

Australian shares finish flat, missing Nvidia rally

The local share market finished basically unchanged, as Fortescue, Qantas, Medibank Private, Tabcorp, Lovisa, Nine Entertainment and others reported earnings.

AAP · Feb 22, 2024

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Medibank half-year profit up 16pct on non-resident gain

Health insurer Medibank Private has reported a 16 per cent rise in first-half profit and claims customer growth has recovered from its 2022 cyber attack.

AAP · Feb 21, 2024

Australia sanctions Russian citizen Aleksandr Ermakov over 2022 Medibank cyber-attack

Government uses cyber sanctions powers under Magnitsky laws for first time to target Aleksandr Gennadievich Ermakov, alleged to be responsible for hack

The Guardian - AU · Jan 23, 2024

Hackers dump more customer data from Australian insurer Medibank

Medibank Private Ltd, Australia's biggest health insurer, said on Thursday hackers had released more of its stolen medical records, as the media reported that the complete set of data on millions of customers was now public.

Reuters · Dec 1, 2022

Medibank hackers target high-profile drug and mental health patients as AFP steps up action

Medibank customers remain in the dark about whether any of their personal information has been published on the dark web by hackers, as sensitive details of drug and mental health treatments are said to be among the details leaked.

ABC News · Nov 9, 2022

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Medibank hacker ‘scumbags’ start to post data

Medibank warns more customer data stolen by hackers, including passport numbers, will be uploaded to the dark web.

The New Daily · Nov 9, 2022

Medibank confirms names, addresses, birthdays posted to dark web by hackers after ransom deadline passes

Medibank confirms that the criminals responsible for stealing customer data have released some of that information on a dark web forum.

ABC News · Nov 8, 2022

Just 25% of businesses are insured against cyber attacks. Here's why

In the past financial year, the Australian Cyber Security Centre received 76,000 cyber-crime reports – on average, one every seven minutes. The year before, it was a report every eight minutes. The year before that, every ten minutes.

The Conversation · Nov 8, 2022

What do criminals want with our health data — and what could they use it for?

Experts say it's unclear what the hackers are after, but the intimacy of what has been stolen could undermine our trust in the health system.

ABC News · Oct 28, 2022

Health insurer Medibank Private halts trading after receiving message from company claiming to be behind cyber attack

The private health insurer is the latest company to report a cyber attack.

ABC News · Oct 19, 2022

Health insurer Medibank Private hit by cyber attack

The health insurer says it detected "unusual activity" on its network on Wednesday, and clients will face disruptions.

ABC News · Oct 13, 2022

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