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

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

2024 ‘another big year for cyber’ following massive breaches and resulting OAIC investigations

Following several high-profile data breaches affecting millions of Australians, cyber security and cyber attacks have...

26 February 2024

By Lauren Croft

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

Data breaches will cost firms more than money

In a world of emerging technology and growing cyber crime, data is now “the world’s most valuable resource”, with...

09 August 2023

By Lauren Croft

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

‘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

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