Australian Home Affairs Minister Criticised Telco Giant Optus for Major Data Breach

Australian Home Affairs Minister Criticised Telco Giant Optus for Major Data Breach
Clare Ellen O'Neil Minister for Home Affairs and Minister for Cyber Security at Parliament House on September 1, 2022 in Canberra, Australia. Photo by Martin Ollman/Getty Images
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Home Affairs Minister Clare O'Neil has called on Australian telecommunication giant Optus to take responsibility for the recent massive data breach and provide free credit monitoring to millions of customers impacted.

She noted that a security breach of this size shouldn’t be expected in a large telco provider and said that it will “result in fines amounting to hundreds of millions of dollars” in other jurisdictions.

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