The federal government today announced a new partnership between the Australian FederalThe team of 100 officers between the two agencies will seek to "hack the hackers", Home Affairs Minister Clare O'Neil said.The government's announcement follows a hack which has exposed the private details of Medibank customers.
"The AFP will be working with all international partners, that includes Interpol, and includes calling on all countries to assist in the elimination of this type of cybercrime," Dreyfus said.The AFP says Russian cybercriminals are behind the Medibank hack."Even amongst ransomware groups, it is considered beyond the pale to do what happened here," O'Neil said.
"We encourage the AFP to duly get in touch with the respective Russian law enforcement agencies," the embassy statement read. "Fighting cybercrime that adversely affects people's lives and damages businesses demands a cooperative, non-politicised and responsible approach from all members of the world community.""All options remain under consideration," he said.
"Our preference is to maintain diplomatic channels but diplomatic profiles must always be consistent with our national interest.
If I leave my car unlocked in a carpark I will be fined if the police find out…but if a large company leaves the cyber door wide open, well lets see if bonuses are still paid.
Resources would be better spent auditing business to ensure they comply with current standards and enforcing current data protection laws which so far Optus and Medibank have failed to meet, im sure there are countless others?
the company that let their customers down are pointing the finger at the hackers.. 🤣🤣 Medibank left the door wide open.. for anyone to walk through.. disgrace! the blame is 100% owned by the insurer..
This has FAIL written all over it
Name and shame, give us all of their information and pictures of what they look like, hit them harder.
What r they doing to stop the hacks in the first place? A lot of this data is supplied & required by Govt laws on Private & Commonwealth records. Why not just one document that has proven u r that person to satisfy Industries, workplaces. Eg Birth certificate with photo?
Where is the financial punishment the government promised? I guess political donors are off limits.