Australia imposes cyber sanctions on Russian it says ransomwared health insurer

Australia has used its significant cyber incidents sanctions regime to name and sanction Aleksandr Gennadievich Ermakov for an alleged role in the 2022 Medibank Private ransomware attack that resulted in the theft and public leaking of personal data for roughly 9.7 million customers and sensitive medical records for about 500,000 individuals; authorities attribute the attack to the REvil crime gang and continue investigative actions.