Affecting 10 million people, it was at the time believed to be the worst data breach in Australian history. Optus had apologised and blamed a sophisticated cyber-attack, but critics disputed that ...

which alleges Optus failed to protect the personal information of 9.8 million of its current and former customers whose personal data was leaked online after a cyber attack. The court was told ...

The Optus data breach still looms large, along with the 2023 nationwide network outage, but a new report indicates Optus has bounced back. According to the Telecommunications Industry Ombudsman ...

How a massive data breach has exposed Australia 'Scumbags ... In September, Australia's second-largest telecommunications firm Optus was also targeted for extortion, after the personal data ...

Australia announced a flurry of cybersecurity legislation and regulations in 2024, spotlighting the government's intent to ...

ACMA Chair Nerida O'Loughlin said the size of the penalty reflected the critical nature of the breaches ... a Senate report found that Optus's offer of 200GB of data in compensation for the ...