{"id":49029,"date":"2022-10-26T12:30:48","date_gmt":"2022-10-26T12:30:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/packetstormsecurity.com\/news\/view\/33974\/Medibanks-Data-Breach-Diagnosis-Keeps-Getting-Worse.html"},"modified":"2022-10-26T12:30:48","modified_gmt":"2022-10-26T12:30:48","slug":"medibanks-data-breach-diagnosis-keeps-getting-worse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.threatshub.org\/blog\/medibanks-data-breach-diagnosis-keeps-getting-worse\/","title":{"rendered":"Medibank&#8217;s Data Breach Diagnosis Keeps Getting Worse"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Australian health insurer Medibank&#8217;s data breach was today revealed to be even worse than first thought, with a regulatory filing stating that info describing all four million customers has been accessed.<\/p>\n<p>Medibank first <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theregister.com\/2022\/10\/13\/mediabank_private_latest_aussie_business\/\" rel=\"noopener\">admitted<\/a> to an attack on October 13. At the time it said it had taken down systems that run two sub-brands as a precaution, but that no customer data had been accessed at either those brands or Medibank itself.<\/p>\n<p>That assessment was optimistic.<\/p>\n<div aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"adun\" data-pos=\"top\" data-raptor=\"condor\" data-xsm=\",fluid,mpu,\" data-sm=\",fluid,mpu,\" data-md=\",fluid,mpu,\"> <noscript> <a href=\"https:\/\/pubads.g.doubleclick.net\/gampad\/jump?co=1&amp;iu=\/6978\/reg_security\/cybercrime&amp;sz=300x50%7C300x100%7C300x250%7C300x251%7C300x252%7C300x600%7C300x601&amp;tile=2&amp;c=2Y1mp9-tWCiYZJxnBOOP08gAAAJY&amp;t=ct%3Dns%26unitnum%3D2%26raptor%3Dcondor%26pos%3Dtop%26test%3D0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pubads.g.doubleclick.net\/gampad\/ad?co=1&amp;iu=\/6978\/reg_security\/cybercrime&amp;sz=300x50%7C300x100%7C300x250%7C300x251%7C300x252%7C300x600%7C300x601&amp;tile=2&amp;c=2Y1mp9-tWCiYZJxnBOOP08gAAAJY&amp;t=ct%3Dns%26unitnum%3D2%26raptor%3Dcondor%26pos%3Dtop%26test%3D0\" alt> <\/a> <\/noscript> <\/div>\n<p>Last week the company <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theregister.com\/2022\/10\/20\/medibank_data_breach_worsens\/\" rel=\"noopener\">revealed<\/a> that assessment was wrong and parties unknown had contacted it to negotiate over how to prevent release of the data. One hundred records were revealed by the data thieves \u2013 some including information about medical treatments customers had undergone \u2013 and that hoard was verified as coming from the insurer.<\/p>\n<div aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"adun\" data-pos=\"top\" data-raptor=\"falcon\" data-xmd=\",fluid,mpu,leaderboard,\" data-lg=\",fluid,mpu,leaderboard,\" data-xlg=\",fluid,billboard,superleaderboard,mpu,leaderboard,\" data-xxlg=\",fluid,billboard,superleaderboard,brandwidth,brandimpact,leaderboard,mpu,\"> <noscript> <a href=\"https:\/\/pubads.g.doubleclick.net\/gampad\/jump?co=1&amp;iu=\/6978\/reg_security\/cybercrime&amp;sz=300x50%7C300x100%7C300x250%7C300x251%7C300x252%7C300x600%7C300x601&amp;tile=4&amp;c=44Y1mp9-tWCiYZJxnBOOP08gAAAJY&amp;t=ct%3Dns%26unitnum%3D4%26raptor%3Dfalcon%26pos%3Dmid%26test%3D0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pubads.g.doubleclick.net\/gampad\/ad?co=1&amp;iu=\/6978\/reg_security\/cybercrime&amp;sz=300x50%7C300x100%7C300x250%7C300x251%7C300x252%7C300x600%7C300x601&amp;tile=4&amp;c=44Y1mp9-tWCiYZJxnBOOP08gAAAJY&amp;t=ct%3Dns%26unitnum%3D426raptor%3Dfalcon%26pos%3Dmid%26test%3D0\" alt> <\/a> <\/noscript> <\/div>\n<div class=\"adun_eagle_desktop_story_wrapper\">\n<div aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"adun\" data-pos=\"mid\" data-raptor=\"eagle\" data-xxlg=\",mpu,dmpu,\"> <noscript> <a href=\"https:\/\/pubads.g.doubleclick.net\/gampad\/jump?co=1&amp;iu=\/6978\/reg_security\/cybercrime&amp;sz=300x50%7C300x100%7C300x250%7C300x251%7C300x252%7C300x600%7C300x601&amp;tile=3&amp;c=33Y1mp9-tWCiYZJxnBOOP08gAAAJY&amp;t=ct%3Dns%26unitnum%3D3%26raptor%3Deagle%26pos%3Dmid%26test%3D0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pubads.g.doubleclick.net\/gampad\/ad?co=1&amp;iu=\/6978\/reg_security\/cybercrime&amp;sz=300x50%7C300x100%7C300x250%7C300x251%7C300x252%7C300x600%7C300x601&amp;tile=3&amp;c=33Y1mp9-tWCiYZJxnBOOP08gAAAJY&amp;t=ct%3Dns%26unitnum%3D3%26raptor%3Deagle%26pos%3Dmid%26test%3D0\" alt> <\/a> <\/noscript> <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>On October 25 the insurer <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/yourir.info\/resources\/229150fa807ea4f2\/announcements\/mpl.asx\/3A605360\/MPL_Medibank_cybercrime_update.pdf\" rel=\"noopener\">disclosed<\/a> [PDF] that data at all its brands had been accessed.<\/p>\n<p>And today came the big one: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/yourir.info\/resources\/229150fa807ea4f2\/announcements\/mpl.asx\/3A605496\/MPL_Medibank_cybercrime_business_and_FY23_outlook_update.pdf\" rel=\"noopener\">news<\/a> [PDF] that &#8220;personal data and significant amounts of health claims data&#8221; was accessed across all three brands.<\/p>\n<div aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"adun\" data-pos=\"top\" data-raptor=\"falcon\" data-xsm=\",fluid,mpu,\" data-sm=\",fluid,mpu,\" data-md=\",fluid,mpu,\"> <noscript> <a href=\"https:\/\/pubads.g.doubleclick.net\/gampad\/jump?co=1&amp;iu=\/6978\/reg_security\/cybercrime&amp;sz=300x50%7C300x100%7C300x250%7C300x251%7C300x252%7C300x600%7C300x601&amp;tile=4&amp;c=44Y1mp9-tWCiYZJxnBOOP08gAAAJY&amp;t=ct%3Dns%26unitnum%3D4%26raptor%3Dfalcon%26pos%3Dmid%26test%3D0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pubads.g.doubleclick.net\/gampad\/ad?co=1&amp;iu=\/6978\/reg_security\/cybercrime&amp;sz=300x50%7C300x100%7C300x250%7C300x251%7C300x252%7C300x600%7C300x601&amp;tile=4&amp;c=44Y1mp9-tWCiYZJxnBOOP08gAAAJY&amp;t=ct%3Dns%26unitnum%3D426raptor%3Dfalcon%26pos%3Dmid%26test%3D0\" alt> <\/a> <\/noscript> <\/div>\n<p>That means details of the medical services used by policy holders was exposed, in addition to their other personal data.<\/p>\n<p>Medibank still does not know how many customers&#8217; data was stolen, but warned &#8220;it is now likely that the criminal has stolen further personal and health claims data&#8221; beyond the 1,000-odd records that the perp has leaked as part of its attempt to extract payment from Medibank.<\/p>\n<p>The insurer&#8217;s Wednesday update also reveals that it does not have cyber insurance and expects the incident will create costs of between AU$25 million and AU$35 million ($16M to $22.4M) in its next half.<\/p>\n<p>Large fines and regulatory displeasure also await the company.<\/p>\n<p>It has been credibly suggested that staff credentials were used to access the insurer&#8217;s systems. Perhaps the creds attackers accessed belonged to a superuser, but Medibank is yet to explain how access to user accounts led to exfiltration of customer data.<\/p>\n<div aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"adun\" id=\"story_eagle_xsm_sm_md_xmd_lg_xlg\" data-pos=\"mid\" data-raptor=\"eagle\" data-xsm=\",mpu,dmpu,\" data-sm=\",mpu,dmpu,\" data-md=\",mpu,dmpu,\" data-xmd=\",mpu,dmpu,\" data-lg=\",mpu,dmpu,\" data-xlg=\",mpu,dmpu,\"> <noscript> <a href=\"https:\/\/pubads.g.doubleclick.net\/gampad\/jump?co=1&amp;iu=\/6978\/reg_security\/cybercrime&amp;sz=300x50%7C300x100%7C300x250%7C300x251%7C300x252%7C300x600%7C300x601&amp;tile=3&amp;c=33Y1mp9-tWCiYZJxnBOOP08gAAAJY&amp;t=ct%3Dns%26unitnum%3D3%26raptor%3Deagle%26pos%3Dmid%26test%3D0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pubads.g.doubleclick.net\/gampad\/ad?co=1&amp;iu=\/6978\/reg_security\/cybercrime&amp;sz=300x50%7C300x100%7C300x250%7C300x251%7C300x252%7C300x600%7C300x601&amp;tile=3&amp;c=33Y1mp9-tWCiYZJxnBOOP08gAAAJY&amp;t=ct%3Dns%26unitnum%3D3%26raptor%3Deagle%26pos%3Dmid%26test%3D0\" alt> <\/a> <\/noscript> <\/div>\n<p>The incident is ongoing, with Australian authorities investigating, politicians pontificating, and Medibank customers presumably very keen for the insurer to finish its probe into just what data was accessed and\/or lost, and to avail themselves of promised services to prevent identity fraud and cover the cost of replacing ID documents.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile the victim of Australia&#8217;s other recent high-profile data breach \u2013 Singapore-owned telco Optus \u2013 has published a <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.optus.com.au\/content\/dam\/optus\/documents\/for-you\/support\/cyberattack\/cyber_incident_letter_251022.pdf\" rel=\"noopener\">letter to customers<\/a> [PDF] that essentially absolves itself of blame and says it handled the incident in an exemplary fashion. So that settles that, then.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We are committed to learning, doing better in the future, and sharing lessons so all companies and all Australians can benefit from our terrible experience,&#8221; the letter states. \u00ae<\/p>\n<p> READ MORE <a href=\"https:\/\/packetstormsecurity.com\/news\/view\/33974\/Medibanks-Data-Breach-Diagnosis-Keeps-Getting-Worse.html\">HERE<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>READ MORE HERE&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"colormag_page_layout":"default_layout","footnotes":""},"categories":[60],"tags":[1647],"class_list":["post-49029","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-packet-storm","tag-headlinehackerprivacydata-loss"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ 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