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Nearly a Million Australians' Data Stolen in Origin Energy Breach Traced to Manila Call Centre

A former employee at a Manila-based Accenture office allegedly took customer records belonging to roughly 900,000 Origin Energy customers and tried to extort the company for money to return them.

3 min read
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Origin Energy's Data Breach Is a Window Into Australia's Worsening Cyber Problem

Nine hundred thousand customers had their details exposed. Two university professors say the breach is neither surprising nor isolated, and that ordinary Australians are bearing the hidden costs.

4 min read
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Origin Energy confirms data breach; hacker claims 2 million customer records held for extortion

Australia's largest energy retailer says names, addresses, birth dates and partial bank details were exposed. An unidentified hacker calling themselves 'John Doe' has threatened to leak the data within two weeks.

4 min read
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