Origin Energy confirms that, as part of a July cyberattack, a hacker accessed the full bank account numbers of some customers. The company says up to 60 customers had this information accessed, and it does not indicate that bank account data has been leaked or disclosed publicly.
The outlets also report that the incident is larger in scope than the banking-data issue. Business news reporting states that over 900,000 customers’ data was compromised in the same attack, while ABC Australia focuses on the specific subset of customers affected by the exposure of complete bank details. Together, the reports present two parts of the event: a high number of customers affected overall, and a smaller number where the most sensitive financial information—full account numbers—was involved. Both sources describe the event as a cyberattack and attribute the information to Origin Energy’s confirmation.
