Service NSW has confirmed that the personal data of 186,000 customers and staff were leaked after a cyber attack earlier this year, in which 47 employees had their email accounts compromised | TheMattBungard
Service NSW has confirmed that the personal data of 186,000 customers and staff were leaked after a cyber attack earlier this year, in which 47 employees had their email accounts compromised.
"The data is made up of documents such as handwritten notes and forms, scans, and records of transaction applications."The total size of the breach was 738 gigabytes of data, but not all of that was personal information, a spokesperson for Service NSW said. Customers who have been identified as "at-risk" will be notified by mail, which will include instructions on how to get support. The department said it "will never call or email a customer out of the blue requesting customer information about this or any other data breach"."We are sorry that customers' information was taken in this way," Mr Rees said.
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