PT Bank Commonwealth (PTCB), the Indonesian subsidiary of the Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA), has announced it has suffered a major cyber security attack.
The criminals who claim to be behind the attack said they have obtained data from 162 million users.
The cyber attack occurred when unauthorised parties accessed a web-based software application used for project management, according to an announcement from CBA on behalf of PTBC.
Despite the incident PT Bank Commonwealth “continue to operate as normal”, the statement said.
CBA has said its own systems are separate to those accessed by the hackers, “Commonwealth Bank of Australia’s systems are segregated from PTBC’s systems,”
“We are working closely with PTBC and supporting their efforts in this matter.”
This is the newest Australian owned business to suffer a major data breach in a string of similar incidents across the country.
The severity of these recent attacks have been an opportunity for criminal groups, leaving Australia to be seen a soft target for cyber crime.
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