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Campground booking portal disabled while data breach investigated

Campground booking portal disabled while data breach investigated

The ACT government says it has contacted around 6,000 customers, alerting them to potential scam activity on a national park booking site.

Some Canberrans have reported "suspicious messages" after a cybersecurity breach of a booking portal the government uses for campgrounds.

The platform, Bookeasy, says that so far it believes only personal details and no credit card details have been compromised.

The ACT government has temporarily disabled the platform, but people can still book sites directly.

The ACT government is stressing vigilance after a cybersecurity breach of a booking platform for campgrounds in territory parks and reserves, along with other Australian states.

The third-party platform, Bookeasy, processes bookings and permits for the National Parks booking system, storing personal data from emails to addresses and phone numbers.

It comes as systems in Queensland, Victoria and South Australia were hacked this week.

In a statement, Bookeasy said it was continuing to investigate, and so far had identified potential compromising of customers' personal and booking information.

"Following a security alert, we were able to take immediate containment action. This included engaging cyber experts to assist with our investigation and provide advice," Bookeasy said.

It said it had not detected any access to credit card details.

The ACT government said it has emailed around 6,000 users, warning them of attempts to scam or phish in the wake of the breach.

The territory government's Environment and Parks department said some Canberran campers had received "suspicious messages via…

In brief

Some Canberrans have reported "suspicious messages" after a cybersecurity breach of a booking portal the government uses for campgrounds. The ACT government is stressing vigilance after a cybersecurity breach of a booking platform for campgrounds in territory parks and reserves, along with other Australian states. The third-party platform, Bookeasy, processes bookings and permits for the National Parks booking system, storing personal data from emails to addresses and phone numbers.

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