Australia’s No. 2 telecom provider TPG Telecom said on Wednesday its cyber security adviser Mandiant notified the company of unauthorized access to an exchange service that hosts e-mail accounts of up to 15,000 business customers.
The hack was an attempt to access customers’ cryptocurrency and financial information, TPG said.
Earlier in October, Australia’s largest telecoms firm Telstra Corp suffered a data breach, which exposed data of about 30,000 current and former employees dating back to 2017.
Cyber attacks against Australia from criminals and state-sponsored groups jumped last financial year, with a government report released in November equating the assault to one attack every seven minutes.
TPG said on Wednesday it has implemented measures to stop the unauthorized access and is contacting all customers on the exchange service affected by the incident.
SOURCE: NEWS AGENCIES