All Breaches
Dataset Associated with ABC.net.au
In August 2018, a dataset of approximately 47,072 records containing email addresses and plaintext passwords attributed to the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (abc.net.au) was circulated across data breach repositories.
47.1 Thousand
Affected Accounts
2
Data Types
Medium
Exposure Scope
Oct 10, 2026
Last updated
Exposed Data Types
2- Reported email addresses
- Reported plaintext passwords
About This Record
Aside from a separate November 2017 Amazon S3 misconfiguration incident, no official breach confirmation linking this August 2018 plaintext credential dump to an ABC system compromise was issued by the broadcaster or Australian privacy regulators (OAIC).
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