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Home Affairs Minister Clare O’Neil says authorities are still unravelling the Medibank data breach that has put the private data of millions of Australians at risk, but she clarified that private medical records could well be exposed.

“I am very, very concerned about what has happened here,” she said.

“The issue with Medibank is that the information at stake here is personal, private health information of Australian citizens, and this damage could be irreparable, if anything happens to put this into the public realm it will be an absolute dog act.”

She said information at risk included records of sexually transmitted disease, drug addiction, and mental health issues.

“These are things we’re entitled to keep private and that’s why I find these incidents so very concerning,” she said.

O’Neil warned that Australia had entered “a new world” in terms of cyber-attacks.

“Cybercrime is not going anywhere,” she said.

“There was a meeting of Interpol, the heads of all the police forces around the world, this week in India. They say that cybercrime is their number one crime concern for the globe.”

O’Neil said the government was looking at ways to limit the data retention of Australian companies.

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