Health insurer Medibank could be facing legal action after the personal details of millions of its customers were stolen in a data breach.
After the health information of some of its customers was posted on the dark web, law firm Maurice Blackburn confirmed it was reviewing whether customers affected by the hack could be entitled to compensation.
The firm’s principal lawyer Andrew Watson said the breach of data was one of the most serious seen in Australia.
“Companies that hold their customers’ sensitive health information have an important obligation to make sure that information is safeguarded, commensurate with the sensitivity of that data,” he said….