The cyber attack on the real-time payments platform of Westpac's exposed private details of almost 100,000 Australian bank customers.
The attack on Westpac has prompted a warning from computer security experts who say that the pilfered data could be used for fraud.
Experts say that with access to these details, fraud could be committed on a mass scale.
The bank confirmed the incident late on Monday but did not say how many Australians had been affected."
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"linkid": "westpac",
"type": "Data Leak",
"date": "06/2019",
"severity": "85",
"impact": "4",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with customers data leaks"