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Optus

16 Apr 2020 · National · Telecommunications
Data Leak / Misconfiguration MEDIUM ✓ Verified

What happened

Optus inadvertently published the private contact numbers, physical addresses, and names of approximately 50,000 unlisted customers in the public White Pages directory due to a technical database mismatch during a legacy system update.

Incident details

Organisation
Optus
Date
16 Apr 2020
Attack type
Data Leak / Misconfiguration
Severity
MEDIUM
Sector
Telecommunications
State
National
Records affected
50000
Threat actor
Human Error

Source

brisbanetimes.com.au ↗
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