The personal details of job applicants and staff at a range of major Australian companies and government agencies have potentially been exposed in a “significant” data breach and extortion attempt against Australian recruitment company Finite.
Hackers have accessed and released sensitive data that includes resumes, offers of employment, contracts, timesheets and vaccine certificates, with the likely goal of extracting a ransom.
Finite has a long list of major Australian clients, including Coles, Westpac, AMP and the departments of Defence, Health and Home Affairs.
Conti — the same hacking group responsible for the data breach affecting up to 80,000 South Australian government employees disclosed last week — has so far released more than 12,000 files and is threatening to publish more.
Source: www.abc.net.au/news
Interesting article