Four million Australians are at risk of having their private medial records exposed after the Medibank data hack, it has been revealed.
The Australian Federal Police are investigating the cyber-attack after the purported criminals sent a ransom demand earlier this week.
It's claimed 200 gigabytes of data was stolen.
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"We believe (the data) has come from our ahm and international student systems," Medibank said in a statement.
"That data includes first names and surnames, addresses, dates of birth, Medicare numbers, policy numbers, phone numbers and some claims data.
"Claims data includes the location of where a customer received medical services, and codes relating to their diagnosis and procedures."
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The hackers sent Medibank a sample of 100 policies that Home Affairs Minister Clare O'Neil confirmed were legitimate.
O'Neil warned the initial sample was just a look at how much data may have been stolen in the cyber attack.
"It tells us something about what a broader theft of data may look like in Medibank and it includes a very broad scope of information," she said yesterday.
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