{"id":13047,"date":"2024-01-23T02:37:21","date_gmt":"2024-01-23T01:37:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2024\/01\/23\/australia-sanctions-russian-citizen-over-2022-medibank-cyber-attack\/"},"modified":"2024-01-23T02:37:21","modified_gmt":"2024-01-23T01:37:21","slug":"australia-sanctions-russian-citizen-over-2022-medibank-cyber-attack","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2024\/01\/23\/australia-sanctions-russian-citizen-over-2022-medibank-cyber-attack\/","title":{"rendered":"Australia sanctions Russian citizen over 2022 Medibank cyber-attack"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Government uses cyber sanctions powers under Magnitsky laws for first time to target Aleksandr Gennadievich Ermakov, alleged to be responsible for hack<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/australia-news\/live\/2024\/jan\/23\/australia-news-live-rents-record-high-stage-three-tax-cyclone-kirrily-weather-forecast\">Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Get our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/email-newsletters?CMP=cvau_sfl\">morning and afternoon news emails<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/app.adjust.com\/w4u7jx3\">free app<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/australia-news\/series\/full-story?CMP=cvau_sfl\">daily news podcast<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Australia has used its new cyber sanctions powers for the first time against a Russian citizen in connection with the Medibank Private data breach.<\/p>\n<p>Magnitsky-style sanctions laws that were <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/australia-news\/2021\/dec\/02\/australia-to-face-pressure-to-use-new-magnitsky-style-laws-against-myanmar-and-chinese-officials\">introduced in Australia in late 2021<\/a> include a world-leading measure to allow the imposition of Australian travel bans and asset freezes on those allegedly involved in \u201csignificant\u201d cyber-attacks.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/email-newsletters?CMP=copyembed\">Sign up for Guardian Australia\u2019s free morning and afternoon email newsletters for your daily news roundup<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/australia-news\/2024\/jan\/23\/medibank-cyber-attack-update-australia-sanctions-russian-aleksandr-gennadievich-ermakov\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/05b62077fac41a427f2c82df79fd58a5ded027fa\/0_49_7966_4780\/master\/7966.jpg?width=140&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=824c4bcd123ee9c3c98005fc78daed88\" title=\"Australia sanctions Russian citizen 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<\/p>\n<p>Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates<br \/>\nGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcast<\/p>\n<p>Australia has used its new cyber sanctions powers for the first time against a Russian citizen in connection with the Medibank Private data breach.<br \/>\nMagnitsky-style sanctions laws that were introduced in Australia in late 2021 include a world-leading measure to allow the imposition of Australian travel bans and asset freezes on those allegedly involved in \u201csignificant\u201d cyber-attacks.<br \/>\nSign up for Guardian Australia\u2019s free morning and afternoon email newsletters for your daily news roundup Continue reading&#8230;Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Government uses cyber sanctions powers under Magnitsky laws for first time to target Aleksandr Gennadievich Ermakov, alleged to be responsible for hack Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcast Australia has used its new cyber sanctions powers for the first 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