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What do criminals want with our health data — and what could they use it for?

Australians learned the scale of two major health data breaches this week, with some patients' personal information — including credit card details and test results — posted to the dark web.

On Thursday, pathology company Australian Clinical Labs revealed its subsidiary Medlab, which carries out COVID-19 testing and other services, had been hacked eight months ago — but the company is only now letting people know.

Earlier this week, Medibank Private revealed criminals had accessed the data of at least 4 million customers, including their health claims.

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