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I've given out my Medicare number. How worried should I be about the latest Optus data breach?

  • Written by: Bruce Baer Arnold, Associate Professor, School of Law, University of Canberra

Medicare card numbers are the latest personal details to be exposed as part of the Optus data breach.

Optus has confirmed this affects 14,900 valid Medicare numbers that have not expired, and a further 22,000 expired card numbers.

But this isn’t the first time Australians’ Medicare numbers have been exposed. And some privacy and...

Read more: I've given out my Medicare number. How worried should I be about the latest Optus data breach?

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