{"id":7785,"date":"2022-11-09T23:38:03","date_gmt":"2022-11-09T22:38:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2022\/11\/09\/medibank-hacker-says-ransom-demand-was-us10m-as-purported-abortion-health-records-posted\/"},"modified":"2022-11-09T23:38:03","modified_gmt":"2022-11-09T22:38:03","slug":"medibank-hacker-says-ransom-demand-was-us10m-as-purported-abortion-health-records-posted","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2022\/11\/09\/medibank-hacker-says-ransom-demand-was-us10m-as-purported-abortion-health-records-posted\/","title":{"rendered":"Medibank hacker says ransom demand was US$10m as purported abortion health records posted"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Post on blog linked to Russian ransomware group says it offered \u2018discount\u2019 ransom to health insurer of US$9.7m, or $1 for each customer\u2019s data<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/australia-news\/live\/2022\/nov\/10\/australia-news-live-rba-energy-prices-windfall-profits-tax-cost-of-living-politics-anthony-albanese-peter-dutton-reserve-bank\">Follow our Australia news live blog for the latest updates<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Get our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/australia-news\/2022\/oct\/29\/email-newsletters-guardian-australia-best-daily-news-emails-newsletter-free-sign-up-inbox-subscribe-headlines?CMP=cvau_sfl\">morning and afternoon news emails<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/ng-interactive\/2018\/may\/15\/the-guardian-app?CMP=cvau_sfl\">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>The hacker behind the cyber-attack on Medibank set a US$10m price on not releasing the data, they claimed, alongside a new leak of apparently hacked records that purports to contain abortion health information.<\/p>\n<p>In the early hours of Thursday on a dark web blog linked to the REvil Russian ransomware group, the attacker posted that they initially sought US$10m from Medibank, then reduced the price.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/australia-news\/2022\/oct\/29\/email-newsletters-guardian-australia-best-daily-news-emails-newsletter-free-sign-up-inbox-subscribe-headlines?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\/2022\/nov\/10\/medibank-hacker-says-ransom-demand-was-us10m-as-purported-abortion-health-records-posted\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/33666e7f5115791273583800ab4e5513a8a5be2f\/0_31_4167_2501\/master\/4167.jpg?width=140&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=2abc65d10580d1078470ae4210e77aa5\" title=\"Medibank hacker says ransom demand was US$10m as purported abortion health records posted\" \/>Post on blog linked to Russian ransomware group says it offered \u2018discount\u2019 ransom to health insurer of US$9.7m, or $1 for each customer\u2019s data<\/p>\n<p>Follow our Australia news live blog for the latest updates<br \/>\nGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcast<\/p>\n<p>The hacker behind the cyber-attack on Medibank set a US$10m price on not releasing the data, they claimed, alongside a new leak of apparently hacked records that purports to contain abortion health information.<br \/>\nIn the early hours of Thursday on a dark web blog linked to the REvil Russian ransomware group, the attacker posted that they initially sought US$10m from Medibank, then reduced the price.<br \/>\nSign up for Guardian Australia\u2019s free morning and afternoon email newsletters for your daily news roundup Continue reading&#8230;Technology | The 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