Around 40,000 customers of a major hardware chain have had their data leaked by hackers, including credit card details, mobile phone numbers and email addresses.
Total Tools has fallen victim to a professional cyber attack that was first identified earlier this week when unusual activity was detected within its IT system.
The company’s chief executive, Richard Murray, said on Thursday that it was confident the cause of the data breach had been fixed and removed from its website.
“The data that has been illegally compromised includes customer name, email address, Total Tools password, mobile phone number, shipping address and credit card details of customers who have purchased or registered on our website recently,” he told The Australian.
‘In addition to contacting affected customers, Total Tools has also implemented several additional cybersecurity measures to minimize the likelihood of this happening again.’
Total Tools has been the victim of a cyber attack that was first identified earlier this week
The company has contacted the merchants whose data was leaked and is continuing to investigate the breach with the help of a cybersecurity expert.
Around 38,000 customers are believed to have been affected by the breach.
They have been told what steps they need to take to reduce the risk that their information could be used.
Total Tools, owned by Metcash, has more than 120 stores in Australia.
The company reported the attack to the Australian Cyber Security Centre and the Australian Information Commissioner’s Office.
The data breach comes after nearly 13 million Australians were affected by a cyberattack on online prescription provider MediSecure.
Optus also suffered a major data breach when the personal information of nearly 10 million customers was stolen in September 2022.
(tags to translate)dailymail