Major Australian energy supplier confirms customer data compromised
Origin Energy said it was working to figure out how many Australians were affected by a recent data breach.
An Australian energy company serving nearly 5 million customers announced Thursday that it suffered a data breach and that it is working with federal agencies to investigate.
On Wednesday, Sydney-based Origin Energy had said in a brief announcement that it was “investigating a potential security incident” after the news outlet The Australian reported that a purported hacker had sent what they claimed to be a sample of stolen records from the company.
In a second update, Origin confirmed that customer data had been compromised and that it is “working to understand the total number of impacted customers.” The data may include account information, the last four digits of credit card numbers and last three digits of bank account numbers, as well as names, addresses and dates of birth.
Source: https://therecord.media/australia-origin-energy-data-breach
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