It Seems It Is On For One And All With DHS Security – They Seem To Have Sprung A Leak.

This appeared a few minutes ago:

Hackers are offering to sell the Medicare details of Australians on the dark web, government confirms

HACKERS are selling the Medicare card numbers of Australians on the ‘dark web’, which experts say could be used to steal your private health records.

Claire Bickers, Sue Dunlevy and Tom Minear

News Corp Australia Network

July 4, 201710:54am

HACKERS are selling the Medicare card numbers of Australians on the ‘dark web’, which could be used to steal private health records.

The Federal Government has confirmed it’s urgently investigating the security breach and has referred the matter to the Australian Federal Police.

A journalist from The Guardian revealed he was able to purchase his own Medicare card details from a vendor on the dark web for just $30, from a device called ‘the Medicare machine’.

A great deal more is found here:

http://www.news.com.au/technology/online/security/hackers-are-offering-to-sell-the-medicare-details-of-australians-on-the-dark-web-government-confirms/news-story/c475b1cbc963648c191a1eaceba4b12b

We can all just watch along with interest!! They were warned!

David.