Australia's Medibank gets second class action lawsuit over data breach


FILE PHOTO: An illuminated sign is seen outside a branch of the Australian health insurer Medibank Private in Sydney October 20, 2014. REUTERS/David Gray

(Reuters) -Medibank Private Ltd was slapped with a second class action lawsuit related to its disclosures on its cyber security systems leading up to a data breach last year, Australia's largest health insurer said on Wednesday.

Last October, Medibank disclosed that a hacker had gained data of 9.7 million current and former customers and released the data on the dark web.

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