$500,000 stolen in Australian super fund data breach

Super industry's peak body says majority of hacking attempts stopped but money lost by a small number of customers

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Hackers have targeted Australian superannuation funds this week, with a small number of customers losing a combined half a million dollars, and compromising some members' data, the industry's peak body says.

The Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) said in a statement on Friday that hackers attempted to breach the cyber defences of a number of superannuation funds last weekend. While the majority of attempts were stopped, several companies were affected, it said.

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