Medicare card details of every Australian up for sale on the dark web

[frogboy]

The Australian Federal Police is investigating reports Australians' personal Medicare details are being accessed and sold on the dark web, an apparent breach that has been labelled an "internet catastrophe".

According to a Guardian Australia report, an online vendor can pull up the full Medicare card details of any Australian on request — and is selling them for around $30 each — indicating a security hole somewhere in the health system.

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[509322]

Your personal data stolen from a system other than your own should be the real concern.

 

[frogboy]

Your personal data stolen from a system other than your own should be the real concern.

It sure is. The Government is saying no access to private details but do I trust them, not likely.

 

[Dean Winchestere]

The Australian government cannot be trusted, period and not just for IT security. They fail at IT security in every way imaginable. I lived there for 3 years. I know exactly how bad it is. They invade your privacy in every way imaginable. There are no "warrants" they track and snoop on their citizens far worse then the USA does. They were nominated as the 10th insecure country in the world in another thread. So this doesn't surprise me.