Russia sanctioned Australia's worst data breach, the Medibank hack.

Australian intelligence has named and sanctioned Aleksandr Ermakov for his role in the country's worst data breach, which stole personal information of 9.7 million Australians from Medibank in late 2022. The cyber sanctions, the first of their kind in Australia, include financial penalties and a travel ban for Ermakov. Australian intelligence authorities claim he is part of the infamous Russian cyber-crime gang REvil.

January 22, 2024
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