CyberHacker Releases 10,000 Optus Customer Details, Demands $1 Million Cyber Ransom

CyberHacker Releases 10,000 Optus Customer Details, Demands $1 Million Cyber Ransom
A hooded man holds a laptop computer as cyber code is projected on him in this illustration picture taken on May 13, 2017. Kacper Pempel/Illustration/Reuters
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The hacker claiming to be behind the cyber attack against Optus has released 10,000 customer records and threatened to leak more if the Australian telecommunication giant refuses to pay them US$1 million in cryptocurrency.  
The user known as “OptusData” has stolen the personal records of 9.8 million Australians including details such as driver licence, passport numbers, home and email addresses, phone numbers, date of birth and Medicare numbers.
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