Telecom Giant Optus Suffers Data Breach, Leaking Info of Million Customers

Millions of customers suffer a data leak

Optus, an Australian telecom giant earlier this week confirmed that around 2.1 million of its present and past customers suffered data leaks that included their personal details,  at least one type of identification number, as a consequence of a data breach that happened late in September. 

Others believe that the Optus data breach incident has exposed the personal information of around 10 million people. Cybercrime in Australia has always been a pressing issue, it costs the country a minimum of $10 Million per year, and the figures can only go up. 

Due to exposing to hyper-personal information like DoB, driving license, passport, residential address, etc. Threat actors will misuse your information for applying for credit on your behalf without you knowing about it. 

What do criminals do with stolen data?

If cybercriminals find some agency willing to give credit, they’ll immediately spend it, resulting in load default, it will put a black mark against your name, and you won’t even know about it until you need the credit for yourself the next time. 

Optus said that it has contacted Deloitte for assistance, and will do an external forensic inquiry of the breach to know how the incident happened and how Optus can take preventive measures to stop it from happening ag

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