Breaking: Origin Energy investigating 'potential' customer data breach

Origin Energy says it is investigating a security breach that "may have" affected customer data."Origin Energy Limited (Origin) is currently investigating a potential security incident which may involve unauthorised access to some customers' data," it said in a statement."We do not believe the impacted data includes customer credit card or bank details."We understand an incident like this may raise concerns and acknowledge the impact of this uncertainty on Origin customers."Our investigations into this incident are occurring as a matter of urgency, and Origin will provide further updates as appropriate." The company said it had notified the Australian Cyber Security Centre and Australian Federal Police. The Australian news outlet reported a hacker had sent it a sample of 50 customer records containing names, addresses, emails, dates of birth, phone numbers and bill history.It said Origin Energy released the ASX statement following the outlet reaching out to the company with that information.The ABC cannot immediately verify these claims.Origin Energy is one of Australia's leading energy retailers with more than 4.7 million customers.Upon the announcement shares in the company quickly dropped by 2.5 per cent.