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1 Apr 2023 · National · Telecommunications
Data Breach CRITICAL ✓ Verified

What happened

Historic telecommunications cyber catastrophe. An unauthenticated API gateway configuration allowed automated scraping of Optus customer records. 9.8M accounts breached, including names, DOBs, and addresses. 2.1M users had active driver's licence and passport numbers stolen, triggering a massive national identity re-issuing campaign and class-action litigation.

Incident details

Organisation
Optus
Date
1 Apr 2023
Attack type
Data Breach
Severity
CRITICAL
Sector
Telecommunications
State
National
Records affected
9800000
Threat actor
Unknown

Source

abc.net.au ↗
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