Bank login details of thousands of Australians stolen and traded
Bank login details and passwords of thousands of Australian users were stolen and traded online. The stolen data was leaked on the dark web, and malware was used to steal the passwords.
Key facts
- Affected organization
- Being confirmed
- Incident type
- Data breach
- Occurred / detected
- Not confirmed
- Scale of damage
- Bank login details and passwords of thousands of Australian users
- Cause / method
- Theft of bank passwords using malware
- Location
- Australia
If your data was exposed
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- Change your password, and also change it on any other site where you use the same one. Turn on two-factor authentication if available.
Timeline
- It emerged that bank login details and passwords of thousands of Australian users had been stolen and traded online.
- It emerged that malware had been used to steal the bank passwords.
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