Regulator blames medibank cyberattack on lack of multi factor authentication rein asia

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Regulator blames medibank cyberattack on lack of multi factor authentication rein asia
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Regulator blames Medibank cyberattack on lack of multi-factor authentication

In a court filing, the OAIC alleges that the health insurer's lack of MFA enabled hacker to exfiltrate 520 gigabytes of data.
Regulator blames medibank cyberattack on lack of multi factor authentication rein asia

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Regulator blames medibank cyberattack on lack of multi factor authentication rein asia

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