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myGov / ATO

1 Jul 2023 · National · Government & Public Sector
Data Breach CRITICAL ✓ Verified

What happened

Massive identity fraud campaign leveraging credentials from historical breaches to manufacture fake myGov accounts linked to the Australian Taxation Office (ATO). Criminal networks successfully filed $557,000,000 in fraudulent tax refund claims.

Incident details

Organisation
myGov / ATO
Date
1 Jul 2023
Attack type
Data Breach
Severity
CRITICAL
Sector
Government & Public Sector
State
National
Records affected
557000000
Threat actor
Unknown

Source

itnews.com.au ↗
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