Super industry’s peak body says majority of hacking attempts stopped but money lost by a small number of customers<ul><li><a href=”https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/live/2025/apr/04/australia-election-2025-live-peter-dutton-anthony-albanese-labor-coalition-poll-tariffs-trump-interest-rates-rba-ntwnfb”>Election 2025 live updates: Australia federal election campaign</li><li>Get our <a href=”https://www.theguardian.com/email-newsletters?CMP=cvau_sfl”>afternoon election email, <a href=”https://app.adjust.com/w4u7jx3″>free app or <a href=”https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/series/full-story?CMP=cvau_sfl”>daily news podcast</li></ul>Hackers have targeted Australian superannuation funds this week, with a small number of customers losing a combined half a million dollars, and compromising some members’ data, the industry’s peak body says.The Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) said in a statement on Friday that hackers attempted to breach the cyber defences of a number of superannuation funds last weekend. While the majority of attempts were stopped, several companies were affected, it said.<strong><a href=”https://www.theguardian.com/email-newsletters?CMP=copyembed”>Sign up for the Afternoon Update: Election 2025 email newsletter</strong> <a href=”https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/apr/04/australian-super-funds-compromised-cybersecurity-data-breach-hack”>Continue reading…
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