The telco’s chief executive says the company has returned to net positive customer growth since December,but momentum remains slower than before the breach.
The telco’s chief executive said the hack was complex and carried out by someone with “knowledge of Optus’ systems”,despite government comments that the attack was simple.
The number of large-scale privacy breaches in Australia leapt by a quarter in the last six months of 2022.
Dennis Su downloaded the phone numbers of nearly 100 people affected by the Optus data hack and sent them threatening text messages demanding money.
According to new data,Asia Pacific has become the most targeted region for the first time since records were kept,with Australia,Japan and India the hardest hit.
Handing over copious amounts of information has become necessary to secure a home for many renters – and experts are concerned about the process.
If you’ve been a victim of a hack,what can you do to protect yourself against fraud and scams by people who now have your data,and prevent it happening again?
Big hacks raise questions about why troves of valuable data remain online for years. What are the rules on this? And how easy is it to hit delete on your digital details?
Chief executive Kelly Bayer Rosmarin has moved to defuse tensions with the Albanese government by praising its response to the Medibank cyber-attack
In the past few days the Australian victims of cyberhacking must feel like they have woken up in a nightmare.
An Elsternwick cafe owner whose data was exposed in the Optus hack in September first realised something was wrong a fortnight ago. Since then,he has lost $40,000 in fraudulent withdrawals.