The claim lodged by Maurice Blackburn is seeking compensation on behalf of millions of Optus customers for alleged privacy law breaches.
Handing over personal data is a prerequisite to participating in the digital economy,and that means there’s always a risk of it being stolen.
Changes announced by the government are designed to let financial institutions protect their customers but the list of banks that get the data won’t be made public.
The embattled telco has hired former Howard advisor and journalist David Luff to help it navigate through its hacking crisis.
I guard my passport ferociously as a kind of ultimate ID,and the possibility that criminals may have those details is deeply disturbing.
Victims remain powerless two years after a break-in at a northern Sydney tax agency.
New texts from Optus have triggered further confusion following the cyberattack. The digital minister and banks explain what you need to do – and not do – now.
With Optus scrambling to unveil the extent of the data breach,much of the stress and anxiety of the attack seems to have landed with the telco’s customers.
An independent review,to be carried out by Deloitte,will look at how the hack happened but will not be made public.
The federal government says Optus still has not provided government agencies with the full details of all customers who had Medicare or Centrelink details exposed by the data breach.
The Albanese government has been left frustrated with the previous government’s much-hyped critical infrastructure laws in responding to the Optus cyberattack.