NSW club patrons advised to replace ID documents after leak of more than a million records

IT provider Outabox, used by dozens of hospitality venues across the state, blamed an ‘unauthorised third party’ for the data breach

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Hundreds of thousands of residents in New South Wales and the ACT are being urged to replace their ID documents after more than a million records of club and pub patrons were leaked in a data breach.

Personal data including names and addresses were accessed as part of the incident involving Outabox, an IT provider used by dozens of hospitality venues across the state including hospitality giant Merivale.

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