Police arrested a 46-year-old man over threats to share personal details of more than 1 million patrons of pubs and clubs in NSW, stolen as part of a data breach of a third-party IT provider.
The NSW Police Cybercrime Squad arrested the man in Fairfield West in Sydney at 4.20pm on Thursday. He was expected to be charged with blackmail.
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