TPG Telecom

Internet services provider TPG Telecom Ltd (TPG.AX), fell victim to a high-profile cyberattack, that compromised the emails of up to 15,000 of its corporate customers.

The primary aim of the hack of the hosted exchange service was to search for customers' cryptocurrency and financial information.

The company implemented measures to stop unauthorised access and contacted all customers on the exchange service affected by the incident.

Source: https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/tpg-telecom-finds-evidence-unauthorised-access-up-15000-email-accounts-2022-12-13/

TPRM report: https://scoringcyber.rankiteo.com/company/tpg-telecom

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"linkid": "tpg-telecom",
"type": "Data Leak",
"date": "12/2022",
"severity": "60",
"impact": "3",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with internal employee data leaks"

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                        'industry': 'Telecommunications',
                        'name': 'TPG Telecom Ltd',
                        'type': 'Internet Services Provider'}],
 'attack_vector': 'Email Compromise',
 'data_breach': {'number_of_records_exposed': 15000,
                 'type_of_data_compromised': ['Cryptocurrency Information',
                                              'Financial Information']},
 'description': 'Internet services provider TPG Telecom Ltd (TPG.AX) fell '
                'victim to a high-profile cyberattack that compromised the '
                'emails of up to 15,000 of its corporate customers. The '
                'primary aim of the hack of the hosted exchange service was to '
                "search for customers' cryptocurrency and financial "
                'information. The company implemented measures to stop '
                'unauthorised access and contacted all customers on the '
                'exchange service affected by the incident.',
 'impact': {'data_compromised': ['Cryptocurrency Information',
                                 'Financial Information'],
            'systems_affected': 'Hosted Exchange Service'},
 'motivation': 'Financial Gain',
 'response': {'communication_strategy': 'Contacted all affected customers',
              'containment_measures': 'Stopped unauthorised access'},
 'title': "Cyberattack on TPG Telecom Ltd's Hosted Exchange Service",
 'type': 'Data Breach'}