Westpac has confirmed its PayID lookup function has been misused, but affirmed no customer bank account numbers were compromised as a result. As initially reported by Nine newspapers, Westpac ...

A spokesperson for Westpac has confirmed that the bank “detected mis-use” of the New Payments Platform’s PayID feature and “took additional preventative actions which did not include a system shutdown ...

Hackers targeted Westpac but customers from other banks have also been affected, according to the Sydney Morning Herald, who say experts have warned the exposed data could be used to commit fraud. The ...