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Australia’s second-largest telcoms firm Optus, owned by Singapore Telecommunications, on Saturday ran a full-page apology in major newspapers for a “devastating” cyberattack 10 days ago and pointed affected customers to a new help site.

A woman uses her mobile phone as she walks past in front of an Optus shop in Sydney, Australia, February 8, 2018.A woman uses her mobile phone as she walks past in front of an Optus shop in Sydney, Australia, February 8, 2018.

The new page on the company’s web site offered support to customers whose data has been breached, including how to replace drivers’ licenses, passport and health care card numbers. “We will be in touch with customers who have had their passport document number exposed,” Optus said on its web site.

 

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