Large Australia Energy Provider Hit by a “Cyber Incident” Impacting Small Percentage of Customers

One of Australia's largest energy providers has been hit by a "cyber incident" as a wave of data breaches impact big companies across the nation. AGL reported "elevated levels of suspicious activity" on its "My Account" platform on December 1. 9News understood a small percentage of customers - about 6000 - have been impacted. "Based on current analysis it appears malicious actors have used stolen credentials acquired externally (such as usernames and passwords used elsewhere by customers) to log into a number of customer accounts,"

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