About 900,000 Origin Energy customers affected by hack as company admits it was warned weeks before public told

<p>Chief executive, Frank Calabria, apologises and advises customers to look out for suspicious activity amid heightened scam risk </p><p>Origin Energy has admitted it was warned of the hack that accessed 900,000 current and former customers’ personal data three weeks before it first made the data breach public.</p><p>Australia’s largest energy retailer said a “significant” proportion of the 900,000 had been former customers, with those affected to be notified in the coming days.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/jul/28/about-900000-origin-energy-customers-affected-by-hack-as-company-admits-it-was-warned-weeks-before-public-told">Continue reading...</a>