Group-IB: since the data of ~1B Chinese citizens appeared for sale, smaller tranches have appeared on forums, often including personal info and national IDs (Bloomberg)

Josh Taylor / The Guardian:
Medibank’s hackers post what appears to be the remaining data of 9.7M customers on the dark web, claiming “case closed”, as Medibank continues its investigation  —  Medibank confirms it may be the full trove of hundreds of thousands of customers’ private records that were stolen from the health insurer

Jordan Middler / Video Games Chronicle:
Microsoft Gaming CEO Phil Spencer says Sony opposes the Activision Blizzard acquisition to “protect its dominance” and grows by “making Xbox smaller”  —  In the latest war of words over its proposed acquisition of Activision Blizzard, Microsoft’s Gaming CEO has claimed …

Yuri Kageyama / Associated Press:
Japan tells its citizens to sign up for digital IDs or possibly lose access to public health insurance, as many worry their data might be misused or stolen  —  Japan has stepped up its push to catch up on digitization by telling a reluctant public they have to sign up for digital IDs …

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Romain Dillet / TechCrunch:
French startup Not So Dark, which offers tools for restaurants to run a delivery-only business alongside their usual operations, raised an $80M Series B  —  French startup Not So Dark has raised an $80 million Series B funding round led by Kharis Capital and Verlinvest, with Convivialité Ventures also participating.

Sydney Morning Herald:
Medibank, Australia’s top health insurer, confirms a ransomware group has begun posting some stolen data of its 9.7M customers on a REvil-linked dark web forum  —  Normal text sizeLarger text sizeVery large text size  —  A ransomware group has begun posting customer data stolen …