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Telstra privacy breach sees customer details made public

The details of more than 130,000 Telstra customers have been published online due an internal error.

Some names, addresses and phone numbers have been listed incorrectly on the White Pages and Directory Assistance Services websites, Telstra said.

The company said no cyber hack was involved and called it "a result of the misalignment of databases."

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The details of more than 130,000 Telstra customers have been published online.

"We are removing the identified impacted customer details from the Directory Assistance service and the online version of the White Pages," Telstra Chief Financial Officer Michael Ackland said.

"We are in the process of contacting every impacted customer to let them know what has occurred and offer free support from IDCARE."

The publication of the information online is the latest in a series of incidents which has seen customer details released after cyber attacks, including of Optus and Medibank.

Car teeters on its rear after late night smash into house

A car has been left teetering with its front in the air after smashing into the front yard of a family home in Melbourne late at night.

The Holden Station wagon crashed into a palm tree in the front yard at Hoppers Crossing in the city's south west, which then took out the front of the property at 11.30pm on Friday.

Luckily nobody was inside.

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A car has been left teetering with its front in the air after smashing into the front yard of a family home in Melbourne late at night.

The family, who are due to move into the home from overseas next month, now must find somewhere else to live.

Melbourne man Jeremy Radcliffe, who spoke to 9News on behalf of his sister, who had been living there said she was "terrified" after she heard about the crash.

He said she told him to "someone has gone through it".

Radcliffe said the situation has left him feeling "annoyed" and "frustrated".

The driver, a man in his 40s, was taken to a nearby hospital.

He is in a stable condition with several cuts.

HSC students see results early after blunder

The New South Wales Education Standards Authority is investigating after some HSC students received access to their results early by mistake.

Preliminary results, which were were due to be released on Thursday morning, could be accessed by some students on Saturday morning.

A NESA spokesperson confirmed to 9News a preliminary set of HSC results were available for students to view "for a short period".

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The New South Wales Education Standards Authority is investigating after some HSC students received access to their results early by mistake.

"NESA is investigating the cause of the issue and sincerely apologises for any inconvenience caused," the spokesperson said.

"Final HSC results will be released this Thursday."

Students discussed the leak in HSC discussion groups on social media and shared the link which allowed them to see their marks.