Who is Alleged Medibank Hacker Aleksandr Ermakov?
Summary: Australia, the United Kingdom and the United States this week sanctioned 33-year-old Russian Aleksandr Ermakov, accused of stealing and leaking data on 9.7 million current and former Medibank customers after the company refused a $10 million ransom demand. The U.S. Treasury links Ermakov and the other Medibank actors to the Russia-backed REvil gang, whose ransomware has been deployed on approximately 175,000 computers worldwide with at least $200 million paid in ransom.
Key Takeaway: The sanctions are the first Australia has levied against a cybercriminal, and the leaked records included those tied to abortions, HIV and alcohol abuse - the kind of harm that follows patients long after the ransom demand is refused.
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