Medibank says it won’t pay ransom for customer data stolen in cyber-attack

Medibank says it won’t pay ransom for customer data stolen in cyber-attack

‘Limited chance’ such a move would result in return of data or prevent it being published, health insurer chief says

• Get our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcast
• Follow our Australia news liveblog for all the updates

Medibank has announced it will not pay a ransom to the alleged hacker who stole data relating to 9.7 million of its customers, saying there was “limited chance” the payment would prevent the data being published online.

Last month the health insurance giant revealed a hacker using compromised high-level credentials had been able to access the personal information of up to 4 million customers including ahm and international student customers.

Sign up for our free morning and afternoon email newsletters from Guardian Australia for your daily news roundup

Continue reading...