Australians affected by MediSecure hack may never know their personal details have been compromised

Prime minister says ‘very significant cyber event’ still under investigation by federal police and he is ‘not aware’ if he is among the 12.9m victims

The 12.9 million Australians caught up in the hack on electronic prescriptions provider MediSecure may never be told their personal information has been compromised, with the prime minister saying on Friday he wasn’t aware if he was one of the victims.

On Thursday evening, the administrators for MediSecure – which went into administration after the hack – revealed 6.5TB of data had been compromised after a ransomware attack on a database server, which was discovered by the company in April.

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An Algorithm Told Police She Was Safe. Then Her Husband Killed Her. by Adam Satariano and Roser Toll Pifarré


By Adam Satariano and Roser Toll Pifarré

Spain has become reliant on an algorithm to score how likely a domestic violence victim may be abused again and what protection to provide — sometimes leading to fatal consequences.

Published: July 17, 2024 at 06:00PM

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