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22 Sep 2022 · National · Telecommunications
Data Breach CRITICAL ✓ Verified

What happened

Australia's second-largest telecommunications provider suffered a catastrophic security failure when an unauthenticated, internet-facing testing API was discovered by extortionists. The actor systematically exfiltrated full names, dates of birth, telephone numbers, physical addresses, email contacts, and millions of driver's licence and passport records [ID Number Redacted].

Incident details

Organisation
Optus
Date
22 Sep 2022
Attack type
Data Breach
Severity
CRITICAL
Sector
Telecommunications
State
National
Records affected
9800000
Threat actor
Unknown

Source

itnews.com.au ↗
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