SYDNEY MAN CHARGED WITH BLACKMAIL OVER CLUB DATA “HACK”
A 46-year-old man has been charged with blackmail after an investigation into the massive breach of club sign in data.
Detectives searched a home in Fairfield West about 4.20pm Friday afternoon, after a data breach exposed the identity of more than one million people.
The man was taken to Fairfield Police Station and charged with demanding with menace while intending to obtain gain or cause loss.
Earlier this afternoon, police said they “were alerted to a website that had published the personal information of patrons who signed in using their drivers’ licences at specific premises across NSW”.
2GB host Ben Fordham told the station this morning the breach was “causing a lot of worry in the NSW parliament”.
He said the leak involved the data scanned when people signed into the clubs, including facial recognition, driver’s licence details, signatures and addresses.
For more information >>>
Sydney man charged with blackmail over clubs data breach (msn.com)
https://omny.fm/shows/ben-fordham-full-show/exclusive-major-data-breach-involving-prominent-po/embed
