The Origin Energy Breach Has Been Unusual – but There Are Ways to Better Protect Your Data

The Origin Energy breach has been unusual – but there are ways to better protect your data

This week, customers of Origin Energy learned their personal details have been stolen in a data breach. They joined the customers of other major companies, including Qantas, Optus and Medicare, who have been hacked in recent years. Origin has some 4.8 million customers, making it the nation’s largest electricity and gas retailer, but the company has not confirmed how many people were affected. On Friday, a media outlet contacted by the alleged h…

AI has changed what criminals can do with your stolen Origin data

The theft of names, addresses and phone numbers may seem less serious than stolen bank details, but cyber experts say AI is changing what criminals can do with that information.

Origin silent on settlement as alleged fired employee breach detail emerges

Roxanne Libatique reports: Origin Energy has declined to comment on a public claim that it privately resolved a cyber extortion threat – a posture that, as of July 24, leaves the company managing simultaneous obligations to regulators, the ASX, and an insurance market now aware that the alleged access point was a fired former employee’s... Source

Data Breach Confirmed After Australian Energy Giant Origin Is Hacked

A hacker claims to have stolen the information of 2 million Origin Energy customers and is threatening to leak it.  The post Data Breach Confirmed After Australian Energy Giant Origin Is Hacked appeared first on SecurityWeek.

Energy company confirms data breach

Origin Energy has confirmed via their website that a data security incident occurred on Wednesday, 22 July where an alleged […] Subscribe or Login to see the rest of the content. The post Energy company confirms data breach appeared first on Bundaberg Today.