Two Sydney men have fronted court after being charged over the alleged unauthorised access of Prime Minister Anthony Albanese’s personal banking data.
Police allege a 21-year-old unlawfully accessed and distributed restricted data while working at Commonwealth Bank on secondment from Ernst & Young (EY), while a 25-year-old allegedly caused the unauthorised access.
Here’s what you need to know.
Charges
On Tuesday, the two men appeared before Downing Centre Local Court over allegations they accessed Prime Minister Anthony Albanese's personal banking information.
The 21-year-old was an EY graduate employee who had been seconded to Commonwealth Bank, where the alleged unauthorised access occurred. He was later dismissed by the consulting firm.
The 25-year-old was not an EY employee.
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Police allege the younger man accessed restricted data without authorisation and distributed personal information, while the older man allegedly caused unauthorised access to restricted data.
The men were charged on 6 May, granted bail and will return to court on 25 August.
According to the Prime Minister's publicly available register of interests, he holds a savings account with Commonwealth Bank and a mortgage on a Central Coast property jointly owned with his wife, Jodie Haydon.
Response
A spokesperson for EY declined to comment, but confirmed the former employee was no longer working at the firm.
In a press conference, Treasurer Jim Chalmers said:
“I think on the face of it, any developments of that kind are incredibly concerning, not just in relation to the PM’s details, but any Australians’ details”.
