Media firm Nine Entertainment's real estate website, Domain, has been hit by a phishing attack just weeks after the parent company suffered a ransomware attack.
The real estate site has warned any of the site's users who try to inquire about rental properties through the site that an authorised third party could have access to their information.
iTWire understands that the phishing attack has had no effect on Nine, which owns 60% of Domain.
Domain chief executive Jason Pellegrino has warned users that personal information such as phone numbers and email addresses may have been obtained by those behind the phishing attack.
The Age, one of the newspapers in Nine's stable,
quoted Pellegrino's email as saying: "We have identified a scam that used a phishing attack to gain access to Domain’s administrative systems to engage with people who have made rental property inquiries.
"We understand the scammers then contacted some of these people by email to suggest that they pay a ‘deposit’ to secure a rental property on a website nominated by the scammer.
"Importantly, we have had no reports made by an individual directly to Domain who had fallen for the scam.
“There is a risk that some of your personal information may have been accessed by an unauthorised third party that has obtained access to Domain’s systems as a result of a scam targeting one of our systems,” he added.
“It is not yet clear how many users were affected by the scam.”
In March, Nine Entertainment was hit by ransomware known as MedusaLocker. The company was still recovering from the attack in April.
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