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TPG reveals emails of 15,000 iiNet and Westnet customers exposed in hack

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Telecommunications company says hacker searched for customers’ cryptocurrency and financial information Follow our Australia news live blog for the latest updates Get our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcast Telecommunications giant TPG has revealed an email-hosting service used by up to 15,000 iiNet …

Telstra sorry for publishing up to 130,000 customers’ details online

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Release of names, numbers and addresses of some unlisted customers was not due to cyber-attack Follow our Australia news live blog for the latest updates Get our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcast Telstra has apologised after publishing the details of thousands of customers …

Optus tells former Virgin Mobile and Gomo customers they could also be part of data breach

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Identification repair service receives a month’s worth of complaint calls in three days as government pressures telco to pay for replacement ID documents Follow our Australia news live blog for the latest updates Get our free news app, morning email briefing or daily news podcast Former Virgin Mobile …

Companies could be forced to delete customer data used to prove ID, Labor suggests

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Albanese government considering sweeping overhaul of data retention and privacy laws following massive Optus cyber hack Follow our Australia news live blog for the latest updates Get our free news app, morning email briefing or daily news podcast Companies could have the right to retain customers’ data stripped back …

Attorney general flags urgent privacy law changes after Optus data breach

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Mark Dreyfus indicates potential reforms to laws regarding data breaches including higher penalties, mandatory precautions and customer notifications Follow our Australia news live blog for the latest updates Get our free news app, morning email briefing or daily news podcast Privacy law changes, including tougher penalties for data breaches …

Anthony Albanese says ‘Optus should pay’ for new passports for data breach victims

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Push comes day after states suggest telco will pick up multi-million dollar tab for replacing driver’s licences of affected customers Get our free news app, morning email briefing or daily news podcast The federal government has demanded Optus pay for new passports for customers caught up in the …

Optus data breach: Australians will be able to change their driver’s licence with telco to pay

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Federal opposition wants commonwealth to allow people to get new passports for free too – and quickly Get our free news app, morning email briefing or daily news podcast Australians caught up in a massive breach of Optus data will be able to change their driver’s licence numbers and …

Purported Optus hacker releases 10,000 records including email addresses from defence and prime minister’s office

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Optus CEO says federal police are ‘all over’ post with ultimatum demanding $1m within four days after massive data breach Purported Optus hacker releases 10,000 records including from defence and prime minister’s office Follow our Australia news live blog for the latest updates Get our free news …

Optus customers exasperated by chatbots and ‘rubbish’ communication after data breach

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Some customers look to switch providers after puzzling responses and ‘less than helpful’ service Follow our Australia news live blog for the latest updates Get our free news app, morning email briefing or daily news podcast Optus customers say they are growing increasingly angry and frustrated at the poor …

Government flags new cybersecurity laws and increase in fines after Optus breach

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Clare O’Neil says penalties for telcos are ‘totally inappropriate’ and data breach was ‘significant error’ Follow today’s news, live Optus data security breach: what should I do to protect myself? Get our free news app, morning email briefing or daily news podcast The Albanese government will pursue …

Optus faces potential class action and pledges free credit monitoring to data-breach customers

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Home affairs minister Clare O’Neil says company to blame and flags new laws with large fines for such breaches Follow our Australia news live blog for the latest updates Get our free news app, morning email briefing or daily news podcast Optus has agreed to provide free credit …

Optus cyber-attack could involve customers dating back to 2017

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CEO says company has not yet confirmed how many people were affected by hack, but 9.8 million was ‘worst case scenario’ Get our free news app, morning email briefing or daily news podcast Optus customers dating as far back as 2017 could be caught up in the massive …

Optus data breach: who is affected, what has been taken and what should you do?

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After a malicious cyber-attack, customers of Australia’s second-largest telco are advised they could be at risk of identity theft Get our free news app, morning email briefing or daily news podcast Australia’s second-largest telco, Optus, has suffered a massive data breach, with the personal information of potentially …

At least 13 phone firms hit by suspected Chinese hackers since 2019, say experts

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LightBasin hackers were able to obtain subscriber information and call metadata, says CrowdStrike At least 13 phone companies around the world have been compromised since 2019 by sophisticated hackers who are believed to come from China, a cybersecurity expert group has said. The roaming hackers – known as LightBasin – were …

Australians hit by ‘Flubot’ malware that arrives by text message

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New scam spreads to Australia from Europe, targeting thousands of Android users Thousands of Australians have been hit by a new scam text message known as Flubot, which aims to install malware on their phones. Flubot is a type of malware targeting Android users, but iPhone users can also …