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NSW TrainLink: Some credit card info at risk after website security breach

Posted on May 29, 2016 by Dissent

The NSW Opposition has called on the state’s Transport Minister to reveal how many customers have been affected by a security breach of TrainLink’s online booking systems.

Transport for NSW said it was investigating a “compromise” of the TrainLink website’s reservations system, which has since been shut down.

TrainLink provides intercity, regional, and interstate train and coach trips in NSW.

The state’s Privacy Commissioner, Elizabeth Coombs, said it was unclear exactly what data had been breached, but Transport for NSW said there was a small risk customer data could be used.

Read more on ABC (AU).


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