Just When You Thought News On Government System Leaks Might Stop We Get This! What A Mess.

Since Tuesday was have seen a lot of column inches spent on the leak of Medicare Numbers and their purchase from the ‘dark web’Here is the first exclusive article.The Medicare machine: patient details of 'any Australian' for sale on darknet Exclusive: A trader is offering Medicare card details for less than $30 each on a popular auction site for illegal productsA darknet vendor is offering Medicare patient det ails of any Australian on a popular auction site. Photograph: AAP Paul FarrellTuesday 4 July 2017 04.00 AEST Last modified on Tuesday 4 July 2017 06.32 AEST A darknet trader is illegally selling the Medicare patient details of any Australian on request by “exploiting a vulnerability” in a govern ment system, raising concerns that a health agency may be seriously compromised.An investigation by Guardian Australia can reveal that a darknet vendor on a popular auction site for illegal products claims to have access to any Australian’s Medicare card details and can supply them on... This is the initial part of the post - read more by clicking on the title of the article. David.
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