--- title: Australian energy provider Origin says data breach... description: Australian energy giant Origin Energy has confirmed a data breach affecting an unknown number of its 4.8 million customers. Exposed data includes full names,... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/australian-energy-provider-origin-says-data-breach-exposes-client-data-mdbkqlxwn twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Australian energy provider Origin says data breach exposes client data | daily.dev og:description: Australian energy giant Origin Energy has confirmed a data breach affecting an unknown number of its 4.8 million customers. Exposed data includes full names,... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/australian-energy-provider-origin-says-data-breach-exposes-client-data-mdbkqlxwn og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/mdBkQLXWN.png og:image:alt: Australian energy provider Origin says data breach exposes client data og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Australian energy provider Origin says data breach exposes client data **[BleepingComputer](https://daily.dev/sources/bleepingcomputer)** · 3 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Australian energy giant Origin Energy has confirmed a data breach affecting an unknown number of its 4.8 million customers. Exposed data includes full names, physical addresses, dates of birth, phone numbers, account information, and partial financial details (last four digits of credit card and last three digits of bank account). A threat actor calling themselves 'John Doe' claims to have stolen data on 2 million customers and is threatening to leak it within two weeks unless Origin negotiates via Signal. Origin has notified Australian federal authorities including the AFP, the Australian Cyber Security Centre, and the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner, and is contacting affected customers directly. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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