Alinta Energy

Alinta Energy

Alinta Energy put personal information of its 1.1 million gas and electricity customers at risk.

Compromised information includes names, addresses, birth dates, mobile numbers, Medicare and passport numbers, credit card details, and, in some cases, individual health records.

Source: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-03-02/alinta-energy-accused-of-putting-customers-information-at-risk/12006752

TPRM report: https://www.rankiteo.com/company/alinta-energy

"id": "ali2124231222",
"linkid": "alinta-energy",
"type": "Data Leak",
"date": "6/2017",
"severity": "85",
"impact": "4",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with customers data leaks"
{'affected_entities': [{'customers_affected': 1100000,
                        'industry': 'Energy',
                        'name': 'Alinta Energy',
                        'type': 'Company'}],
 'data_breach': {'number_of_records_exposed': 1100000,
                 'personally_identifiable_information': ['names',
                                                         'addresses',
                                                         'birth dates',
                                                         'mobile numbers',
                                                         'Medicare numbers',
                                                         'passport numbers'],
                 'sensitivity_of_data': 'High',
                 'type_of_data_compromised': ['Personal Information',
                                              'Payment Information',
                                              'Health Information']},
 'description': 'Alinta Energy put personal information of its 1.1 million gas '
                'and electricity customers at risk. Compromised information '
                'includes names, addresses, birth dates, mobile numbers, '
                'Medicare and passport numbers, credit card details, and, in '
                'some cases, individual health records.',
 'impact': {'data_compromised': ['names',
                                 'addresses',
                                 'birth dates',
                                 'mobile numbers',
                                 'Medicare numbers',
                                 'passport numbers',
                                 'credit card details',
                                 'individual health records']},
 'title': 'Alinta Energy Data Breach',
 'type': 'Data Breach'}
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