
Oxfam
What Happened
In January 2021, Oxfam Australia was the victim of a data breach which exposed 1.8M unique email addresses of supporters of the charity. The data was put up for sale on a popular hacking forum and also included names, phone numbers, addresses, genders and dates of birth. A small number of people also had partial credit card data exposed (the first 6 and last 3 digits of the card, plus card type and expiry) and in some cases the bank name, account number and BSB were also exposed. The data was subsequently made freely available on the hacking forum later the following month.
Compromised Data
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Breach Overview
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Affected Accounts:
1.8 million
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Breach Occurred:
January 2021
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Added to HIBP:
2 Mar 2021
Recommended Actions
Change Your Password
If you haven't changed your Oxfam password since 2021, do so immediately.
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If you used the same password elsewhere, change those too.
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