A Victorian school teacher was applying for ‘heaps of rentals’ online – then someone accessed his bank account

The article reports that multiple rental application platforms in Australia may have left millions of lease and tenant documents accessible without authentication, leading to cases of identity theft and financial account takeovers; experts warn the sector over-collects sensitive personal data, creating privacy and security risks and prompting calls for stronger regulation, better vendor cybersecurity governance, and adoption of privacy-enhancing digital ID solutions.