7:30: Mar 2

Tonight on ABC’s 7:30, Adele Ferguson investigates alleged privacy breaches by Alinta Energy.

One of Australia’s biggest energy companies has put the privacy of its 1.1 million customers at risk due to shoddy cyber security and data protection.

A joint investigation by 7.30, The Age, Sydney Morning Herald reveals that Chinese-owned Alinta Energy may be breaching Australian privacy laws by failing to protect its customers’ personal information including names, addresses, date of birth, mobiles, Medicare and passport numbers, credit card details and, in some cases, individual health records.

A series of internal documents, confidential reports and emails by a whistleblower show that almost three years after the former Treasurer Scott Morrison on advice from the Foreign Investment Review Board approved the energy giant’s sale to Chow Tai Fook, its systems remain inadequate.

7.30 tonight on ABC.