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Nearly 40,000 Aussie tradies at risk after major data leak at hardware chain

Credit card numbers, email addresses and other log-in details have been compromised.

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Thousands of Aussie tradies have had their credit card numbers compromised after a data leak.

Dire warning amid huge spike in the number of data breaches: ‘Risk of serious harm’

‘We are moving into a new era in which our expectations of entities are higher.’

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The OAIC has found that data breaches are at an all-time high, and more regulations are needed to protect Australians.

George opened an email he wasn’t expecting. Within hours, he’d ‘lost everything’

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Brisbane business owner George Frilingos’ credit card details were stolen by hackers in an email scam.

Daniel was speaking to a new friend online. Then the threats began

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Daniel became the victim of a sextortion scam after accepting a friend request on a gaming app.

Andrew met Zoe on Tinder. He then lost $13,000 in a matter of seconds

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Investment scams cost Australians millions each year.

Trump campaign says it was hacked

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The Trump campaign says some of its internal communications have been hacked.