Phone Numbers, Passport Details of 10 Million Australians Lost in Massive Telco Hack

Phone Numbers, Passport Details of 10 Million Australians Lost in Massive Telco Hack
General view of an Optus store in Sydney, Australia on Sept. 22, 2022. AAP Image/Bianca De Marchi
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The private information of 9.8 million Australians is at risk after major telecommunications firm Optus suffered a cyber attack that breached its firewall.

On Sept. 22, Optus confirmed that hackers got access to the names, dates of birth, phone numbers, email addresses, and potentially the driver’s licence, passport numbers, and addresses, of millions of current and former customers.

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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