‘It’s the vibe’: Court brawl hinges on alleged industrial-scale data hack

April 17, 2026 — 7:30pm

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If you have any property dealings in Australia, chances are you have had a relationship with the group formerly known as CoreLogic, a data giant which feeds the entire real estate ecosystem from homebuyers to banks, lawyers, insurers and government agencies.

But its business tentacles stretch much further into the Australian economy, which is one of the reasons why this week’s courtroom drama with bitter rival Hubexo, formerly known as BCI, is such compelling viewing for the corporate sector.

There is a lot at stake for both CoreLogic – now called Cotality – and Hubexo which hold an effective duopoly over the lucrative nexus of property, construction and data.

In 2021, Hubexo sued CoreLogic for copyright infringement, breach of contract, and misuse of confidential information over a scheme to allegedly steal data from one of its crucial services: LeadManager. But the case is only now being heard in court.

LeadManager is a subscription service designed to help businesses find new projects in Australia’s construction sector, an industry worth more than $600 billion in 2023-24 alone, according to ABS statistics.

The data service identifies the key personnel and contract tenders needed by anyone in the construction cycle ranging from architects to electricians and painters based on information compiled from government and private sources.

Whether Hubexo processes this information to the extent that it can then claim........

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