Court filing reveals how Medibank data breach unfolded

A court filing by the Australian Information Commissioner revealed how a hacker accessed the data of 9.7 million...

19 June 2024

By Naomi Neilson

Medibank hit with OAIC lawsuit over data breach

Medibank has found itself in the Federal Court after the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner (OAIC) filed...

06 June 2024

By Naomi Neilson

Medibank ‘cannot have it both ways’ with cyber hack report, class action lawyer says

In a final argument to get access to the Deloitte report into Medibank’s data hack, lawyers behind the class action...

04 June 2024

By Naomi Neilson

Transparency promises do not include Deloitte report, Medibank chair says

Medibank’s chairman told a court an external report into a major data hack cannot be included in the company’s...

24 May 2024

By Naomi Neilson

Medibank fights to keep privilege over data hack report

To scrap legal professional privilege from the Deloitte report, lawyers behind the Medibank class action have grilled...

21 May 2024

By Naomi Neilson

Medibank fails to block investigation into data hack

The Federal Court has dismissed Medibank’s attempts to shut down an investigation into the October 2022 data...

22 February 2024

By Naomi Neilson

Medibank hacker to be sanctioned under new cyber laws

The federal government has revealed that a Russian citizen is behind the nearly 10-million-person hack and will face...

23 January 2024

By Jerome Doraisamy

Medibank hit with shareholder class action

Another class action has been launched against health insurance giant Medibank on behalf of the shareholders caught up...

29 June 2023

By Naomi Neilson

Medibank slammed with $250m penalty

Aftershocks of the earthquake cyber attack that impacted Medibank last year have continued to rock the health insurance...

28 June 2023

By Lauren Croft

Slater & Gordon’s Medibank class action temporarily stayed

The Federal Court has temporarily stayed Slater & Gordon’s Medibank class action as the Australian Information...

12 May 2023

By Naomi Neilson

90k lawyers and a rate shock: What’s hot in law this week (1-5 May)

There are more lawyers in Australia than ever before, but that’s not all we learnt this week. Here is your weekly...

06 May 2023

By Jerome Doraisamy

‘I feel really exposed’: Slaters files class action against Medibank

Legal proceedings against Medibank keep piling up, with another national law firm issuing a class action against the...

05 May 2023

By Jerome Doraisamy

Medibank to implement ‘all recommendations’ from Deloitte external review into data breach

Over six months after one of the biggest data breaches in Australian history, Medibank has been provided with findings...

28 April 2023

By Lauren Croft

Prominent appointments and class action developments: What’s hot in law this week (27-31 Mar)

It’s been a hectic month, and the final week of the quarter was no different. Here is your weekly round-up of the...

01 April 2023

By Jerome Doraisamy

New class action filed against Medibank

Australian private health insurance giant Medibank is set to face additional proceedings, with a global law firm...

29 March 2023

By Jerome Doraisamy

Yet another class action filed against Medibank

Health insurer Medibank is facing another legal claim, this time from one of the world’s biggest law firms, after a...

08 February 2023

By Lauren Croft

Firms join forces on Medibank action

After one of the most serious data breaches in Australian history, three firms have teamed up to pursue compensation...

16 January 2023

By Lauren Croft

The broader implications of data breach class actions

After 9.7 million Medibank customers had their data accessed during a massive data breach, there have been a number of...

13 December 2022

By Lauren Croft

Compensation action launched against Medibank

Following numerous class action investigations, a compensation claim has officially been launched against Medibank...

01 December 2022

By Lauren Croft

Medibank to face 2nd class action investigation

Another legal claim against private health insurance provider Medibank is being investigated, in the wake of “one of...

14 November 2022

By Jerome Doraisamy