One Million Dymocks Customers Exposed Online in Data Breach

Customers were warned their email addresses, phone numbers, postal addresses, and DOBs may have been compromised.

A 3D printed model of a man working on a computer, LED lights and toy people figures are seen in front of displayed binary code and words "Data leaking" in this illustration taken, on July 5, 2021. Dado Ruvic/Illustration/Reuters

Australian bookstore chain Dymocks has blamed a third-party provider for a data breach that exposed 1.24 million customers’ confidential details on the dark web. 

The data breach was revealed by notification service “Have I Been Pwned” (HIBP) creator Troy Hunt who told the retailer that an unauthorised party may have accessed its customer records on Sept. 6.