Patient medical data in MediSecure hack believed now sold on dark web

Cyber security expert Jamie O'Reilly is 'very confident' the data have been monetised on the dark web.
Jamie O’Reilly. Photo: Fairfax.

Patient medical data stolen in one of the nation’s biggest cyber attacks appears to have been sold on the dark web, possibly for US$50,000 ($75,000) a cyber security expert says.

E-script provider MediSecure last week revealed 13 million Australians who used the company’s prescription delivery service from March 2019 to November 2023 had their personal and medication data stolen.