Coalition berates Commonwealth Bank over failure to notify customers after data breach

Christian Porter says loss of backup tapes with details of almost 20 million accounts ‘very disappointing’

Christian Porter has lambasted the Commonwealth Bank (CBA) for failing to notify its customers of a data breach in which it lost backup tapes with details of almost 20 million accounts spanning 15 years.

Although the incident occurred in 2016, before new laws that require mandatory reporting for serious breaches, the attorney general told Sky News on Thursday that he and other customers of the bank would expect to have been notified.

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