Australian government agency usernames and passwords are believed to be among a mass of data posted on the dark web.
Zac Dromi, managing director of Shield Corporate Security, toldthat most of the data had not been verified. But preliminary analysis suggests it is part of a massive data collection project from hackers.
Australian government systems were not hacked to retrieve the login details, the firm said. Rather, usernames and passwords had been collected from people who had used government logins to access websites around the internet.
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