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More than 6 million Australian adults had personal data stolen in past year, survey shows

At least one-in-three adult Australians have had personal data such as driver's licence numbers and home addresses stolen in the past year, according to a survey by the Australian National University (ANU).

The survey found about 6.4 million people had been exposed to data breaches. The researchers surveyed 3,000 Australians in a nationally representative sample.

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