Australia’s TPG Telecom flags cyber incident in its iiNet system
Hackers accessed email addresses, phone numbers, and modem passwords of nearly 280,000 iiNet customers after stealing employee credentials, prompting urgent cybersecurity response.
- Nearly 280,000 iiNet customers' personal data was compromised in a cyberattack, which included email addresses and phone numbers.
- The breach was discovered on August 16, and iiNet is working with federal cybersecurity agencies as part of their response efforts.
- The hackers accessed iiNet's order management system, affecting about 10,000 usernames and 1,700 modem passwords, according to iiNet's investigation.
- TPG Telecom's CEO Inaki Berroeta apologized to affected customers and stated that no financial information was compromised.
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280,000 Australians at Risk After Cyber Hack Breaches iiNet
Major internet provider iiNet has confirmed that an unknown third party gained unauthorised access to its order management system, exposing hundreds of thousands of Australian customer records. The company’s parent, TPG Telecom, said the incident was contained to iiNet’s internal ordering platform, but acknowledged the scale of the breach has left many customers at risk. Initial investigations suggest that around 280,000 active iiNet email addre…
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