<div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Clive Palmer's two political parties, United Australia Party (UAP) and Trumpet of Patriots, have suffered a data breach.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>UAP confirmed it identified unauthorised access to the political parties' servers on June 23, which resulted in the access and possible removal of data records.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"We were the subject of a ransomware cyberattack," UAP said in a statement today.</span></div></div><div><div id="adspot-mobile-medium"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE: </span></strong><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/father-charged-with-baby-son-drowning-gympie-denied-bail/e613e2ff-9e3d-462f-84bc-ba781bf1b449" rel="" target="_blank" title=""><strong><span>Father denied bail amid claims baby son was 'thrown in' water</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The data records include all emails to and from the two political parties, including their attachments, and documents and records created and held electronically by the political parties.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>People's personal information, including email address, phone number, identity records, banking records, and employment history, has been affected.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"We do not know comprehensively what information of yours was on the server, but you should assume that any information you have provided would have been stored on the server," UAP said.</span></div></div><div><div class="OUTBRAIN" data-reactroot="" data-src="//www.9news.com.au/national/clive-palmers-united-australia-party-data-breach/85feaf54-f525-40c6-ae2c-f02fdc7db9d9" data-widget-id="AR_5"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The political parties do not keep a record of everyone who was on the server, so they deemed it "impracticable" to notify those affected by the breach. </span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Instead, they are securing their systems and restoring recoverable data from back-ups.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE: </span></strong><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/world/jeffrey-epstein-maurene-comey-federal-prosecutor-in-epstein-case-fired-from-us-attorneys-office/765166f1-afe0-44db-ad7c-0a47475a0b5e" rel="" target="_blank" title=""><strong><span>Top prosecutor on Jeffrey Epstein, Ghislaine Maxwell case sacked</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"We sincerely apologise for this incident and are taking steps to ensure it does not happen again," UAP said. </span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Anyone who has emailed either of the political parties is advised to review their communications to identify what information was provided and potentially compromised.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"We recommend you carefully consider whether you need to take any action in response to the data breach on the assumption that the hackers may have accessed your data," UAP said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"The action you might take could include monitoring your bank accounts, changing passwords, using multi-factor authentication, contacting your bank and being vigilant about use of your identity."</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The breach has been reported to the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner and the Australian Signals Directorate.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE: </span></strong><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/home-security-tips-break-ins-victoria/2ddb518e-8ff6-4833-9e8b-6e45fb2dafe5" rel="" target="_blank" title=""><strong><span>Spike in burglaries sparks expert advice to keep homes secure</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Palmer voluntarily deregistered UAP in September 2022.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Ahead of this year's federal election, he was forced to form a new party so his candidates could appear under a party on the ballot papers.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>He started the Trumpet of Patriots in February and won no seats at the election.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span></span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/how-to-follow-9news-digital/29855bb1-ad3d-4c38-bc25-3cb52af1216f" target="_blank"><strong><em><span>DOWNLOAD THE 9NEWS APP</span></em></strong></a><strong><em><span>: Stay across all the latest in breaking news, sport, politics and the weather via our news app and get notifications sent straight to your smartphone. 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