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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Josh Taylor Technology reporter

Clive Palmer’s Trumpet of Patriots and United Australia parties hit with data breach

Clive Palmer
Clive Palmer’s Trumpet of Patriots and United Australia parties have been hit by a data breach, potentially compromising personal information such as banking records. Photograph: Dan Peled/Getty Images

The political parties run by Australian mining magnate Clive Palmer have been hit with a ransomware attack, with banking records, employment history and other personal information potentially compromised.

The Trumpet of Patriots, which ran but did not secure any seats at May’s federal election, announced to supporters on Thursday that a breach occurred on 23 June and related to information from the party as well as its predecessor, the United Australia party.

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