Millions of Australians' personal details have been compromised by unpublicised data breaches – separate from the Optus and Medibank hacks – according to figures released by the national information watchdog today.
In total, there were 497 data breaches in that time period, mostly in the health and finance sectorsThe Australian Information Commissioner revealed there were three large-scale data breaches in the second half of last year, which affected between 1 million and 10 million Australians.The commissioner did not name the enterprises involved in the breaches, but the numbers indicate that large-scale attacks are on the rise.
"Organisations should take appropriate and proactive steps to protect against and respond to a range of cyber threats," Commissioner Falk said. "As personal information becomes increasingly available to malicious actors through breaches, the likelihood of other attacks, such as targeted social engineering, impersonation fraud and scams, can increase.
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