Siberian nightlife has its opportunities. Just ask Australian cyber spies, who used local criminals’ decision to enjoy a vodka-soaked night to bust a multimillion-dollar business run by Russians warehousing stolen data.
It wasn’t ordinary data. It was a treasure trove of millions of Australians’ sensitive health information, including on mental and sexual conditions, that had been pilfered from the insurer Medibank in August 2022.
The ASD deleted the data, obviously after having gained access to the “bulletproof” hosting server
They also said they escalated through the hosting provider’s network and removed other stolen data
And they got the people responsible on Interpol’s wanted list