Ad posting website Gumtree has admitted to losing email addresses, names and phone numbers of some of its Australian customers, according to a report by The Register. 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 company has said that account passwords were not accessed and suggested that the problem was swiftly resolved . Gumtree added in a statement : “ We ’ve since taken extra steps to protect user information . The affected users , the regulators and the Australian Federal Police have been notified . ” Recently , Gumtree was criticised in Australia after it inadvertently served the exploit code , [UNK] , 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 company has said that account passwords were not accessed and suggested that the problem was swiftly resolved . Gumtree added in a statement : “ We ’ve since taken extra steps to protect user information . The affected users , the regulators and the Australian Federal Police have been notified . ” Recently , Gumtree was criticised in Australia after it inadvertently served the exploit code , [UNK] , to a large number of its customers .