Australian bookstore chain Dymocks Booksellers revealed a data breach potentially affecting at least 1.2 million customers, Information Age reports. Dymocks explained an "unauthorised party may have had access to our customer records" 6 Sept. and a company investigation found "discussions regarding our customer records being available on the dark web."
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