Hackers have allegedly stolen hundreds of thousands of Australian shoppers’ personal information in the country’s latest data breach.
DigiDirect was allegedly attacked by hackers who included the private information of 304,000 people on the dark web in late September.
A hacker named ‘Tanaka’ allegedly posted the information on a forum used by other criminals. reports the registry.
They claimed to have stolen a database containing customers’ full names, email addresses, phone numbers, billing and shipping addresses, and company names.
These claims have yet to be verified, but Tanaka posted a sample of the stolen data along with a “special thanks to Chucky.”
This is the latest in a series of major hacks that have led to the personal information of millions of Australians in 2024.
In September, the data of 40,000 Total Tools customers was leaked and 12.9 million MediSecure users suffered the same fate in July.
The MediSecure breach was the largest in the country’s history
An alleged data breach has affected the personal information of 304,000 digiDirect customers
A hacker named Tanaka posted a sample of the stolen information on the dark web in late September, but the attack has not yet been confirmed.
Another major breach was discovered when the personal information of more than a million people who had visited pubs in New South Wales hit the dark web in May.
Tech company OutABox may have shared the private information of customers of gaming and hospitality venues across the state with a foreign developer.
digiDirect and the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner and the Australian Federal Police have has been contacted by Daily Mail Australia for comment on the latest alleged hack.