“No one should go looking for or access stolen sensitive or personal information from the dark web,” McGuinness said on Thursday. “This activity only feeds the business model of cyber criminals and can be a criminal offence.
“I understand many Australians will be concerned about the scale of this breach. I encourage everyone, whether impacted in this incident or not, to be alert to being targeted in scams.”
The national prescription delivery service, eRx, is not affected by this cyber incident, the government confirmed.
“Importantly, there continues to be no impact to the current national prescription delivery service and people should keep accessing their medications and filling their prescriptions,” McGuinness said.
The incident follows cyberattacks on Optus and Medibank in 2022, with each impacting about 10 million people.
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