Weekly Update 514: This Week in Data Breaches
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- The Origin Energy breach is multi-faceted, with the company claiming credit card data is safe.
- The hacker alleges that Origin did not respond when they attempted to report the vulnerability.
- The two parties have reached an agreement, possibly involving a payment or promises of data deletion.
- There is no guarantee that the data has been permanently deleted, leaving a lingering risk of future leaks.
- Organizations and individuals should assume the data may leak, as seen in previous Australian breaches (Optus, Medibank, Latitude, Ticketek, Qantas).