CBA Responds After Alleged PM Account Breach
The pair were charged in May after the bank allegedly flagged unauthorized access to restricted data, and the younger man faces an extra harassment-related count.
- On Tuesday, June 30, 2026, two former Ernst and Young employees appeared in Downing Centre Local Court, charged with accessing Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese's restricted Commonwealth Bank account without authorization.
- Graduate-Level consultants on secondment to the Commonwealth Bank triggered internal monitoring systems when they allegedly accessed restricted data, leading to their immediate dismissal by EY and a criminal investigation.
- Police charged the men, aged 21 and 25, with unauthorized data access; the younger man faces an additional charge for distributing personal information in a "menacing or harassing" manner.
- Treasurer Jim Chalmers described the incident as "incredibly concerning," emphasizing that unauthorized access affects not only the Prime Minister but any Australian's private data.
- This breach adds to mounting governance scandals at Australia's Big 4 firms, following integrity crises at KPMG, PwC, and Deloitte involving misuse of confidential information in recent years.
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Alleged hack of PM's financial details 'incredibly concerning', Treasurer says
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EY grad sacked down under for allegedly accessing PM's bank account
A junior employee at Big Four accounting giant EY Australia has been sacked over allegations he and another man accessed prime minister Anthony Albanese’s personal bank account. Both men faced court on Tuesday over the breach which, according to the Australian federal police, took place when the EY graduate was on secondment at the Commonwealth Bank of Australia, where he allegedly used the bank’s systems to gain access to Albanese’s confidentia…
Australian treasurer calls alleged access to Anthony Albanese’s bank data ‘incredibly concerning’
Australian Treasurer Jim Chalmers reportedly announced today that a report involving multinational firm Ernst& Young found that two employees on temporary assignment at the Commonwealth Bank of...
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