Data breach at Australian telco exposes personal info of over 230,000 customers

Melbourne-based Tangerine Telecom, an NBN and mobile service provider, suffered
a data breach that exposed the PII of over 232,000 Australian customers earlier
this month.

Tangerine Telecom disclosed earlier this month that the details of current and
former customers were accessed by an unauthorized party using the compromised
credentials of one of its contractors. The user’s credentials were subsequently
revoked to prevent further compromise.

“It appears the unauthorised disclosure of certain