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Thousands of donors to Australian charities, including Cancer Council and Canteen, have data leaked to dark web (www.abc.net.au)
submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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Key points:

  • Pareto Phone collected donations from charity supporters

  • Cancer Council, Canteen and The Fred Hollows Foundation have confirmed donor data was leaked

  • The telemarketer said forensic specialists are "urgently" analysing the data

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[โ€“] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Something has to be done to enforce adequate standards for storage of private information AND penalties for breaches.

Penalties are the ONLY incentive to make businesses take it seriously.

[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Yeah agreed, there has been way too many breaches now from big companies in Australia.