The clear text passwords of over 500 users have been published online

Jan 3, 2014 10:11 GMT  ·  By

A group of Pakistani hackers called Pakiz Cyber Squad has leaked user data apparently stolen from the systems of Financial Services Online (FSO), an Australian company that provides insurance, finance, superannuation and investment services.

The leaked data, published in 14 separate Pastebin pastes, includes usernames, names, addresses, phone numbers, email addresses, passwords (in clear text), and in some cases, PayPal email addresses.

The FSO website has a login section for brokers and one for affiliates. The data appears to belong to affiliates. According to Cyber War News, a total of 527 record sets have been published online by the hackers.

I’ve attempted to contact the company to see if they’re aware of the breach, but so far, I haven’t heard back from them. This post will be updated in case they respond to my inquiry.