- Details leaked of Total Tools customers
About 40,000 customers of a major hardware chain have had their data leaked by hackers, including credit card details, mobile numbers and email addresses.
Total Tools has fallen victim to a cyber attack which was first identified earlier this week.
Total Tools chief executive Richard Murray said on Thursday they were confident the cause of the data leaked had been fixed.
‘The data that has been illegally compromised includes customer name, email address, Total Tools password, mobile number, shipping address, and credit card details of customers who shopped or registered on our website recently,’ he told The Australian.
‘In addition to contacting impacted customers, Total Tools has also implemented several additional cybersecurity measures to minimise the likelihood of this occurring again.’
Tradies whose details were leaked have been contacted by the company, which is continuing to investigate the breach with the help of a cybersecurity expert.
It’s believed about 38,000 customers were impacted by the breach.
They’ve been told by the company what steps they need to take to lower the risk of their information potentially being used.
More to come
Total Tools has fallen victim to a cyber attack which was first identified earlier this week
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