Australian prescription company reveals “large-scale ransomware breach.”

Australian prescription company MediSecure has fallen victim to a “large-scale ransomware” data breach. A government investigation is currently underway and the company has “immediately taken action to mitigate any potential impact.”

National cybersecurity coordinator Michelle McGuinness said she was informed of the incident on Wednesday afternoon. She did not name the company, but the electronic prescription provider has since shut down its website.

MediSecure said it had “detected a cybersecurity incident impacting individuals’ personal and health information.”

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“We took immediate action to mitigate any potential impact to our systems,” MediSecure said.

“As we continue to gather more information, early indicators suggest that the incident originated from one of our third-party providers.”

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Lieutenant McGuinness said she was working with authorities across the Australian government, states and territories to coordinate a “whole of government response to this incident”.

“We are still in the early stages of our response and can only share limited details at this time, but I will continue to provide updates as we progress while working closely with the affected commercial organization to manage the impact caused by the incident. “

Lieutenant McGuinness said the Australian Cyber ​​Security Center was aware of the incident and the Australian Federal Police was investigating.

Cybersecurity Minister Clare O’Neil said she had been informed of the incident and would be provided with updates “in due course”.

In 2022, a major cyber breach occurred against health insurance giant Medibank and the personal information of 9.7 million customers, including names, dates of birth and Medicare numbers, was stolen.

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The authorities identified Russian Alexsandr Ermakov as responsible for the cyber attack.

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