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Lifeline Australia

12 Jul 2026 · National · Non-Profit / NGO
Data Breach HIGH ✓ Verified

What happened

The prolific dark web threat actor known as '2019' posted a dataset on an underground hacking forum containing more than 10,600 records allegedly exfiltrated from Lifeline Australia. Forensics confirmed that an unauthorized third party bypassed security controls to access internal directories, exposing staff and volunteer information, including names, dates of birth, corporate email addresses, phone numbers, and WhatsApp contact details. Lifeline confirmed no help-seeker or financial data was accessed, though their initial assessment indicates portions of the published data were manipulated and doctored with falsified information.

Incident details

Organisation
Lifeline Australia
Date
12 Jul 2026
Attack type
Data Breach
Severity
HIGH
Sector
Non-Profit / NGO
State
National
Records affected
10600
Threat actor
2019

Source

cyberdaily.au ↗
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