Massive data leak exposes workers

THE personal details of almost 50,000 Australian employees have been compromised in what appears to be the country’s largest data breach since the Red Cross leaks.

Up to 48,270 personal records from employees working in government agencies, banks and a utility have been exposed online by a thirdparty contractor – a misconfigured Amazon S3 bucket. Amazon S3 is a form of cloud storage where employees can store and retrieve data from websites and mobile apps.

The files exposed include full names, passwords, IDs, phone numbers, and email addresses as well as some credit card numbers and details on staff salaries and expenses.