Sophisticated attack or human error?: how Optus lost control of your data

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Reporter Josh Taylor and Jane Lee discuss whether the Optus data breach was a ‘sophisticated attack’ on the telco, or a failure of the company’s own security systems

In the days since Optus first reported that potentially millions of its customers’ private information – from birth dates to Medicare numbers – had been breached, it has faced threats of blackmail, a potential class

action and a public spat with the home affairs minister.and Jane Lee discuss the fallout from the data breach and whether this was a ‘sophisticated attack’ on the telco, or a failure of the company’s own security systems

 

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How nice of Optus to finally get around to telling me TODAY, that by data was compromised.

joshgnosis

Aus are now only seeing how their private data is being kept ⚠️ for year's and years. Question has this been a backdoor Access point for (who) Why has our governments been so reluctant to safe Guard our Data as Europe has done.

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