Medibank reveals hack has affected more customers than first thought

Medibank reveals hack has affected more customers than first thought

Medibank says it is yet to determine the full extent of the customer data that has been stolen

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Australian health insurance giant Medibank has revealed the hack of customer records has affected more customers than first thought, including customers of the main Medibank brand.

Earlier this month Medibank said it believed that only customers of its subsidiary ahm and those who were international students might have been affected by the hack of its systems. But now the company has said it has received files from the hackers that include main brand customers – widening the range of those potentially affected to 3.9m.

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