In a recent study, researchers from the University of Melbourne revealed that it is possible to determine the identity of individual Australian patients in the government’s healthcare database using information publicly available online. The data, which includes historical information from medical and pharmaceutical bills of around...
A trader from an illegal auction site claims to be offering Australian Medicare card details for less than $30. The trader says Medicare details of any Australian can be retrieved “upon request” by “exploiting a vulnerability” in a government system. The trader uses an Australian Department...
Human services minister of Australia Alan Tudge downplayed the sale of Medicare information by a darknet vendor after facing flak from privacy group and the opposition, News page The Guardian reported on Tuesday that Medicare details can be bought from a darknet trader upon request. The...