Calls for crackdown on rogue rental appliance firms after data breach
by Christopher Knaus from Technology | The Guardian on (#33BBX)
Information commissioner shuts down Amazing Rentals website in wake of leak of tens of thousands of personal records
A rental appliance company has suffered a massive data breach that has leaked tens of thousands of Australian private customers' records online, including identification documents, Centrelink records and financial information.
The leak has prompted consumer advocates to call for urgency in a planned crackdown on rogue appliance rental companies as the information commissioner took action to shut the website down.
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