Suspicions of Russian Involvement After Hackers Threaten to Release Huge Troves of Personal Data in 24 Hours

Suspicions of Russian Involvement After Hackers Threaten to Release Huge Troves of Personal Data in 24 Hours
An engineering student takes part in a hacking challenge near Paris on March 16, 2013. AFP via Getty Images/Thomas Samson
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Australians are on high alert after a hacking syndicate threatened to release the personal details of nearly 10 million individuals following a major data breach of the country’s largest private health insurer Medibank.

The threat, which cyber security specialist groups Malware Hunter Team, CyberThint, and CyberKnow reposted on Twitter, was alleged to have been posted on the REvil ransomware’s dark web site—the group is also known as Ransomware Evil or BlogXX.
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Victoria Kelly-Clark is an Australian based reporter who focuses on national politics and the geopolitical environment in the Asia-pacific region, the Middle East and Central Asia.
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