Thousands and thousands of consumers of main Australian electronics retailer The Good Guys have had their private knowledge accessed when a third-party provider was hacked.
Names, addresses, cellphone numbers and electronic mail addresses of 1.5 million “Concierge” members who had been a part of The Good Guys rewards system had been accessed, the corporate mentioned.
In about 15,000 circumstances, prospects who offered their date of delivery had their info hacked and the passwords of 325,000 prospects who had created a My Rewards account as Consiegere members had been additionally stolen.
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The cyber assault on Pegasus Group Australia Pty Ltd, which is now often called My Rewards Pty Ltd was more likely to have occurred in August 2021, a spokesperson for the digital retailer mentioned, including it had solely turn into conscious of the incident this month.
It mentioned it now not used the provider for its rewards system and My Rewards now not holds any knowledge from The Good Guys prospects.
“The Good Guys is extraordinarily dissatisfied that My Rewards, a former providers supplier, has skilled this breach and we apologize for any concern that this will likely trigger,” a spokesperson mentioned in an announcement.
“The Good Guys is instantly contacting Concierge members who could have been impacted by the My Rewards knowledge breach.”
Managing Director Biag Capasso mentioned it had knowledgeable the related authorities of the assault and would assist any prospects with additional questions.
“Whereas we perceive that no private identification paperwork or monetary info comparable to driver’s license, passport or bank card knowledge is concerned, we’ve got notified the OAIC of the incident and we’re contacting all these affected,” Capasso mentioned.
A spokesperson for My Rewards mentioned the corporate was working with the Federal Authorities and didn’t consider any severe hurt can be brought on by the breach.
