Australian health records are on sale on the dark web for as little as £17 ($22) each after a Medicare data breach. The data, allegedly obtained via a weakness in government computer networks, was listed under the name "the Medicare machine". It is thought an underground vendor has sold at least 75 Medicare files since last October. A spokesman from Australia's Department of Health said it had not been able to confirm if any patient information had been compromised.
Australian health records are on sale on the dark web for as little as £17 ($22) each after a Medicare data breach. The data, allegedly obtained via a weakness in government computer networks, was listed under the name "the Medicare machine". It is thought an underground vendor has sold at least 75 Medicare files since last October. Medicare is Australia's universal healthcare system, managed by the country's Department of Health.