Australia announces cyber sanctions against Russian Medibank hacker

Foreign Affairs Minister Penny Wong announced Australia has imposed cyber sanctions against a Russian hacker for their role in a Medibank hack. Ms Wong said this was the first time these sanctions have been used. “More than nine million records of Australians, including names, dates of birth, Medicare numbers and sensitive information were stolen in the 2022 attack," she said during a media conference on Tuesday morning. “And the majority published on the dark web was an egregious violation which impacted some of the most vulnerable members of the Australian community. “We have linked Russian citizen and cyber criminal Aleksandr Ermakov to the attack.”