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business reporters Samuel Yang and Emilia Terzon

Customers in limbo as Medibank data breach shapes up as far worse than the Optus hack

When Zhan Huang heard that Medibank had been hacked two weeks ago, his heart sank.

The Sydney resident, who works in the education sector, is a customer of both Medibank and Optus. 

Just about a month ago, his personal data including passport number was stolen during the high-profile attack on the telco, which exposed the data of almost 10 million Australians. 

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