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Medibank loses its bid to halt Australian privacy watchdog's probe into 2022 data breach

By Saloni Sinha ( February 22, 2024, 06:07 GMT | Insight) -- Australian health insurer Medibank Private’s application to block the privacy watchdog from continuing its investigation into the 2022 data breach that compromised the personal information of 9.7 million customers was rejected by an Australian court today. In a judgment hearing, Federal Court of Australia Judge Jonathan Beach dismissed Medibank’s injunction application to halt the investigation that was started in March 2023 by the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner based on the complaint of an affected customer.Australian health insurer Medibank Private’s application to block the privacy watchdog from continuing its investigation into the 2022 data breach that compromised the personal information of 9.7 million customers was rejected by an Australian court today....

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