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Medibank Defends its Security Practices as its Ransomware Woes Worsen

IT Governance

The Australian health insurance giant fell victim to ransomware in October, as a result of which the personal data of 9.7 In most cases, basic personal information – such as their name, date of birth, email address, phone number and gender – was exposed. million current and former customers was compromised.

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What is Ransomware? Everything You Should Know

eSecurity Planet

Occasionally cybersecurity officials and researchers obtain the keys or crack the encryption code and make the keys freely available, but ransomware groups will typically respond by quickly changing their encryption approach to render the keys worthless. LockBit This RaaS group has been the most active ransomware group over the last year.