Russian hackers hold Gold Coast doctors to ransom
Russian hackers are holding a Gold Coast medical centre to ransom after encrypting thousands of patient health records.
The hackers are asking for a ransom of $4,000 to decrypt the sensitive information held on a server at the Miami Family Medical Centre.
IT security expert Nigel Phair says this latest attack is a "wake up call" with businesses around Australia hacked five to 10 times a week. "Cyber criminals based mainly throughout Eastern Europe look for rich targets, places with identifying information to extort," Mr Phair said, who is the director of the Centre for Internet Safety and a former investigator with the Australian High Tech Crime Centre.
