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. "Safety and security of our community remains our number one priority and we continue to educate our users about staying safe online and identifying potential scams or phishing attempts from fraudulent parties.” 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.” A spokesman for Google said: “We are aware of this incident involving Gmail accounts at Google.
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.” A spokesman for Google said: “We are aware of this incident involving Gmail accounts at Google.