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

Bruce Baer Arnold

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

Bruce Baer Arnold

Canberra Law School

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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.

Original language	English
Pages	1-5
Number of pages	5
Volume	2022
No.	September
Specialist publication	The Conversation
Publication status	Published - 22 Sept 2022

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