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business reporter Samuel Yang

Medibank refuses to pay ransom for hacked data as affected customer number doubles to 9.7m

Medibank says no ransom payment will be made to the criminal responsible for the recent data hack as the the private health provider put a further head figure in data losses.

The company believes the criminal accessed the name, date of birth, address, phone number and email address for about 9.7 million current and former customers and some of their authorised representatives. 

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