Optus cyber attack: Nearly 10 million Aussies left vulnerable

Millions of Optus users may have had their personal details compromised after a major data breach caused hackers to access private information.

by | Sep 22, 2022

The telecommunications company made the announcement on Thursday saying almost 10 million people may have been affected, including current and former customers.

It’s been reported that up to 2.8 million phone and internet users could have had all of their information stolen, including their passport and driver licence numbers, email and home addresses, dates of birth and telephone numbers.

A further seven million have had only their dates of birth, email addresses and phone numbers compromised in what’s considered to be one of the biggest cyber attacks in Australian history.

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