Hacker releases Australian health insurer’s customer dataCANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Client data from Medibank, Australia’s largest health insurer, was released by an extortionist on Wednesday, including details of HIV diagnoses and drug abuse treatments, after the company refused to pay a ransom for the personal records of almost 10 million current and former customers.One of the exposed customers contacted by Nine News television responded with anger toward Medibank.“Letting customers discover their most sensitive information imaginable has been published and hearing it on the news, Medibank’s response has been pathetic,” the unidentified man, whose image was not broadcast, told Nine.Facebook parent Meta cuts 11,000 jobs, 13% of workforceMusk seeks to reassure advertisers on Twitter after chaosCryptocurrencies plunge as Binance scraps deal for rival FTXUS vote counting unaffected by cyberattacks, officials sayCybersecurity Minister Clare O’Neil, who is a Medibank customer and has had personal data stolen, urged social and traditional media companies to prevent their platforms from being used to share people’s stolen medical histories.The thieves had reportedly threatened to expose the diagnoses and treatments of high-profile customers unless a ransom of an undisclosed amount was paid, but Medibank decided there was “only a limited chance” that a payment would prevent the data from being published."