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Data and computer security | The Guardian
Personal and banking details among customer data stolen in Origin Energy hack 23 July 2026 at 11:55

Personal and banking details among customer data stolen in Origin Energy hack

Data and computer security | The Guardian

23 July 2026 at 11:55

Hackers access Australian customers’ names, addresses, dates of birth, phone numbers and some bank account details, company says

Origin Energy customers’ addresses, phone numbers and partial bank account data have been accessed in a hack, the company has confirmed.

The firm has 4.8m customer accounts in Australia, providing electricity, fossil gas, LPG and internet services to homes and businesses.

‘Keys to the kingdom’: hackers who gained access to heart of London transport network jailed

Data and computer security | The Guardian

By: Dan Milmo and Joe Pinner

16 July 2026 at 14:01

Thalha Jubair, 20, and Owen Flowers, 19, sentenced to five and a half years each for cyber-attack that cost Transport for London £39m

The data of millions of commuters was stolen, Londoners were left out of pocket and 27,000 Transport for London staff were forced to reset their passwords.

Over four days in 2024 a pair of teenage hackers had London’s transport network at their mercy. Thalha Jubair and Owen Flowers had burrowed into the heart of Transport for London’s IT systems and held the “keys to the kingdom”.