Almost 50,000 Australian affected by data breach

The personal details of almost 50,000 Australian workers have been exposed online by a third-party contractor.

The data breach, first reported by iTnews, disclosed the names, passwords, phone numbers, email addresses, credit card numbers and salaries of workers across government agencies, banks and insurer AMP.

An AMP spokesman confirmed “a limited amount of company data” on staff expenses was inadvertently exposed by a third-party supplier.

“The mistake was quickly corrected once identified and the matter investigated to ensure all data had been removed. No customer data was compromised at any time,” the spokesman told AAP on Thursday.

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