I am a Medibank customer. Am I affected by the cyberattack? What can I do to protect myself?

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Millions of Medibank’s current and former customers have had their personal information, including health claims, exposed in a hack of the company’s customer database.

Here’s what we know so far and what you can do.

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name

address

date of birth

gender

email

Medicare card number (in some cases)

health claims made with Medibank (in some cases)