The organisation is yet to be named, according to National Cyber Security Coordinator Michelle McGuinness, who says the Australian Federal Police is looking into the breach.
A commercial health information organisation has had its data breach ed in a "large-scale ransomware" attack.
"I am working with agencies across the Australian government, states and territories to coordinate a whole-of-government response to this incident," Lieutenant General McGuinness said in a statement on social media platform X. In October 2022, Medibank revealed hackers accessed the personal data of all customers across its Medibank, ahm and OSHC brands, affecting millions of Australians.
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