Medibank says hacker accessed data of 9.7 million customers, refuses to pay ransom

(Reuters) – Medibank Private Ltd, Australia’s biggest health insurer, on Monday said it will not pay any ransom that was demanded in a recent data theft, wherein around 9.7 million current and former customer’s data was compromised.

(Reporting by Roushni Nair in Bengaluru; Editing by Daniel Wallis)