Australia's Origin Energy breach hits data of about 900,000 customers
A customer data breach occurred at Australia's Origin Energy. On 21 July the company was investigating a possible leak, and on the 23rd it confirmed the breach. On the 27th it determined that the data of about 900,000 customers had been accessed.
Key facts
- Affected organisation
- Origin Energy
- Incident type
- Data breach
- Occurred / detected
- Not confirmed
- Scale of damage
- Data of about 900,000 customers
- Cause / method
- External hacking
- Location
- Australia
If your data was exposed
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Timeline
- Origin Energy said it was investigating a possible leak of customer data.
- Origin Energy confirmed a breach of customer data.
- Origin Energy determined that the data of about 900,000 customers had been accessed.
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