Ad posting website, Gumtree , has admitted that it recently fell victim to a cyber attack in which it lost details of an undisclosed number of its Australian users. The site has said that account passwords were not accessed and suggested that the issue was swiftly resolved. Troy Hunt added in a statement: “We’ve since taken extra steps to protect user information. The affected users, privacy regulators and Angler have been notified.” Recently, Gumtree was criticised in Australia after it inadvertently served the exploit kit, the Australian Federal Police , to a large number of its customers.
Ad posting website, Gumtree, has admitted that it recently fell victim to a cyber attack in which it lost details of an undisclosed number of its Australian users. The site has said that account passwords were not accessed and suggested that the issue was swiftly resolved. Gumtree added in a statement: “We’ve since taken extra steps to protect user information. The affected users, privacy regulators and the Australian Federal Police have been notified.” Recently, Gumtree was criticised in Australia after it inadvertently served the exploit kit, Angler, to a large number of its customers.