Patient details of 'any Australian' for sale on darknet
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Patient details of 'any Australian' for sale on darknet
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#2TWO file photos of shady hooded figures with obscured faces and glitch art effects or other digital overlays put over the pic! Truly, this is a very comprehensive report about hacking indeed.
On a serious note, I'm not at all surprised that my government's screwed up some sort of online database of private information. We had the famous census night access issues due to a DDoS and I am just waiting for that data to leak. It doesn't surprise me whatsoever when our government mismanages IT projects in particular and I suspect more of this sort of data leak is going to inevitably happen as a result.
ITifying all of the things isn't necessarily a good idea. Some things are honestly worth the extra hassle of being left to pen and paper.
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#3TWO file photos of shady hooded figures with obscured faces and glitch art effects or other digital overlays put over the pic! Truly, this is a very comprehensive report about hacking indeed. On a serious note, I'm not at all surprised that my government's screwed up some sort of online database of private information. We had the famous census night access issues due to a DDoS and I am just waiting for that data to l…
Is there at least ONE country where IT projects are successful and with a normal price tag?
Re: Patient details of 'any Australian' for sale on darknet
#4TWO file photos of shady hooded figures with obscured faces and glitch art effects or other digital overlays put over the pic! Truly, this is a very comprehensive report about hacking indeed. On a serious note, I'm not at all surprised that my government's screwed up some sort of online database of private information. We had the famous census night access issues due to a DDoS and I am just waiting for that data to l…
This is just as likely to be a rogue employee/sysadmin as it is a actual hack. I wouldn't start placing blame until it's determined what the actual cause is.
Re: Patient details of 'any Australian' for sale on darknet
#5TWO file photos of shady hooded figures with obscured faces and glitch art effects or other digital overlays put over the pic! Truly, this is a very comprehensive report about hacking indeed. On a serious note, I'm not at all surprised that my government's screwed up some sort of online database of private information. We had the famous census night access issues due to a DDoS and I am just waiting for that data to l…
My guess, based on what's publicly available, is that this incident is quite possibly just a set of stolen or misused creds for a fairly widely available Medicare card lookup database used by doctors. In which case, this is less of a "cyber security" issue and more an issue with fundamental system design/requirements. But we'll see.
Re: Patient details of 'any Australian' for sale on darknet
#6TWO file photos of shady hooded figures with obscured faces and glitch art effects or other digital overlays put over the pic! Truly, this is a very comprehensive report about hacking indeed. On a serious note, I'm not at all surprised that my government's screwed up some sort of online database of private information. We had the famous census night access issues due to a DDoS and I am just waiting for that data to l…
> We had the famous census night access issues due to a DDoS and I am just waiting for that data to leak
That wasn't a DDoS, that was a few million Australians trying to use a poorly implemented system.
Re: Patient details of 'any Australian' for sale on darknet
#7TWO file photos of shady hooded figures with obscured faces and glitch art effects or other digital overlays put over the pic! Truly, this is a very comprehensive report about hacking indeed. On a serious note, I'm not at all surprised that my government's screwed up some sort of online database of private information. We had the famous census night access issues due to a DDoS and I am just waiting for that data to l…
I'd encourage Australians to submit a privacy complaint. Every chance it will be "just for laughs", but never know, it might get a coherent response.
The URL with the Department of Human Services is:
https://www.humanservices.gov.au/customer/contact-us/submit-...
If they haven't responded to your satisfaction within 30 days, you can escalate the complaint to the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner.
https://www.oaic.gov.au/individuals/how-do-i-make-a-privacy-...
In a catch-22 move, the DHS complaint form tries to get you to submit your compliant via a MyGov account, but there is a button for submitting without an account, the direct URL being:
https://feedback.humanservices.gov.au/mcasite_feedback/feedb...
Re: Patient details of 'any Australian' for sale on darknet
#8TWO file photos of shady hooded figures with obscured faces and glitch art effects or other digital overlays put over the pic! Truly, this is a very comprehensive report about hacking indeed. On a serious note, I'm not at all surprised that my government's screwed up some sort of online database of private information. We had the famous census night access issues due to a DDoS and I am just waiting for that data to l…
This is just as likely to be a rogue employee/sysadmin as it is a actual hack. I wouldn't start placing blame until it's determined what the actual cause is.
Some blame can be placed up-front, at least potentially. Regardless of the _nature_ of the breach, if the data ought not to have been stored, the fault lies with those who decided to store it.
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#9Anyone have any feasible monetization schemes for personal healthcare data?
Re: Patient details of 'any Australian' for sale on darknet
#10Anyone have any feasible monetization schemes for personal healthcare data?
Information from your Medicare card is frequently used to authenticate identity, so ... identity theft.