(Reporting by Sameer Manekar in Bengaluru; Editing by Sherry Jacob-Phillips)
March 23 (Reuters) - Personal data of Rio Tinto Ltd's former and current Australian employees may have been
stolen by a cybercriminal group, local media outlet Australian
Financial Review (AFR) reported on Thursday, citing a staff
memo.
Payroll information like payslips for a small number of
staff had possibly, but not certainly, been seized by the group,
according to the report.
"Investigations now indicate a possibility that Rio Tinto
data may be impacted," Rio said in the note to its staff,
according to AFR.
Rio Tinto did not immediately respond to a Reuters request
for confirmation.
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