Australia’s health system is prime target for hacks: minister

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Clare O’Neil says Australia must work harder to combat hackers after the Optus and Medibank cyber security breaches left millions of consumers exposed.

including medical information and personal details, was leaked online as a result of the two attacks.had been a factor in the decision by international leaders to pick Canberra to lead the talks.

“We would be foolish to deny the fact that the exact same attackers – the same actors, same technology – are targeting countries around the world who are just like Australia,” she said. The minister said she had received an official review into the attacks on Optus and Medibank and would be releasing the findings “relatively soon”.

O’Neil said the agenda for the meeting was still being decided among the nearly 40 countries attending, but it would work toward standardising cybersecurity language and exploring ways to share information on ransomware threats. Already O’Neil said countries in the Pacific were reaching out to Australia for greater assistance with their own cybersecurity. An attack in the Pacific nation of Vanuatu in November left much of its government’s sites crippled for months.O’Neil said there was a “really interesting, important role for Australia” to play in international cybersecurity going forward, but added it was a fight that never ended.

“If we ever have a cybersecurity minister in Australia that gives the tick and says ‘We’re right,’ then they’re just dreaming,” she said.

 

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let's count how many systems in Australia is still running on mainframe ? LOL

And yet she is foolish enough to do this -

And yet nobody has been caught.

Despite not being able to secure personal data Optus now demands you give them access to your bank account details so they can “manage” your payments on your behalf.

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