Optus Updates Data, Says 2.1 Million Australian ID Documents Exposed After Massive Data Breach

Optus Updates Data, Says 2.1 Million Australian ID Documents Exposed After Massive Data Breach
General view of an Optus store in Sydney, Australia, on Sept. 22, 2022. AAP Image/Bianca De Marchi
Alfred Bui
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Australian telco giant Optus has confirmed that the ID documents of over 2.1 million customers have been exposed following the recent cyberattack.

Among those documents are 1.2 million current driver’s licence numbers and an additional 900,000 expired ones.

Alfred Bui
Alfred Bui
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Alfred Bui is an Australian reporter based in Melbourne and focuses on local and business news. He is a former small business owner and has two master’s degrees in business and business law. Contact him at [email protected].
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