{"id":40739,"date":"2022-11-03T15:12:16","date_gmt":"2022-11-03T02:12:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/propertynoise.co.nz\/au\/?p=40739"},"modified":"2022-11-03T15:12:16","modified_gmt":"2022-11-03T02:12:16","slug":"harcourts-is-the-latest-company-to-be-rocked-by-a-cyber-attack","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/propertynoise.co.nz\/au\/harcourts-is-the-latest-company-to-be-rocked-by-a-cyber-attack\/","title":{"rendered":"Harcourts is the latest company to be rocked by a cyber attack"},"content":{"rendered":"

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A leading Australian real estate agency has suffered a cyber attack, with tenant\u2019s names, addresses, phone numbers and photo identification potentially exposed.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

The Melbourne City branch of Harcourts Real Estate sent an internal email to its customers confirming a third party had accessed its rental property database last month.<\/p>\n

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The agency reassured tenants the networks were now all secure and services were continuing as normal.<\/p>\n

Harcourts\u2019 Melbourne City and Victoria Corporate Office were both contacted for comment.<\/p>\n

It is not known how many people were impacted by the breach.<\/p>\n

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An email from Harcourts management said the company had suffered a cyber attack in October, potentially exposing the names, addresses and phone numbers of tenants.<\/strong><\/em><\/div>\n

The breach is one of many that have rocked Australian companies in recent weeks.<\/p>\n

In the email, seen by NCA NewsWire, Harcourts explained they became aware on October 24 that an \u201cunknown third party\u201d had accessed their rental property database without permission.<\/p>\n

The company explained the platform was used by their service provider Stafflink to provide them with administrative support.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe account of one of Stafflink\u2019s employees was compromised and accessed by an unknown third party,\u201d the email read.<\/p>\n

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