Optus cyber attack

2022 - 9 - 26

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Optus cyber attack: Hackers behind the massive data breach ... (7NEWS.com.au)

The latest release of data comes with a warning that more will continue to be shared publicly unless Optus pays a $1.5 million ransom.

“If there are changes to the arrangements that need to be made in the future, the minister will make that clear,” he said. “But it’ll be interesting to see what data they actually release. O’Neill said at the weekend more details about the changes would be announced by the government “in the coming days”. Treasurer Jim Chalmers said the government was working to make sure it was “responding adequately”. “This is a huge wake-up call for the corporate sector in terms of protecting the data,” Prime Minister Anthony Albanese told Brisbane radio 4BC. In correspondence seen by 7NEWS.com.au between a customer service worker and a victim, the customer is told to be aware for scammers. “Optus will not be sending links in any emails or SMS messages to you,” the service worker wrote. “If you receive one asking you to visit a link, it may be a scammer. “The fact is you’ve got about 10 million Aussies who’ve had their information stolen last week and 2.8 million Australians have had about 100 points of identification stolen from Optus and there’ll be a lot of Aussies that are pretty anxious this morning. On Friday, a user on an online noticeboard under the pseudonym “optusdata” issued an ultimatum, as personal information was held to ransom by the supposed hacker. “Optus needs to beef up their security for a start, it’s pretty obvious that it’s not up to scratch,” she said. “Unless you are looking through the dark web and trying to find where this is, you won’t know at all,” he said.

Australian cybersecurity minister lambasts Optus for 'unprecedented ... (The Record by Recorded Future)

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“We’ve got half of all Australian adults who have had some data breach here and it’s clearly not just between Optus and the customer. That position, she said, was undercut by the current situation with Optus. The hack involved the theft of basic personal information related to 9.8 million Australians. “Optus needs to communicate clearly to their customers about exactly what information was being taken from specific individuals and then needs to assist and support customers to manage the impacts of what is an unprecedented theft of consumer information in Australian history,” she said. Journalist Jeremy Kirk spoke with the hacker behind the incident, who claimed they gained access through an unauthenticated Application Programming Interface (API) endpoint. More alarmingly, it also included extensive personal data like license numbers and passport numbers from 2.8 million people.

Optus cyber-attack: Calls for control over 'opaque' cyber security laws (6PR)

Optus has released statements offering a free subscription to a credit monitoring service for victims of the hack, shortly after Cybersecurity minister ...

Cyber Security Minister Clare O’ Neal says almost 10 million customers have been compromised, and about 3 million of those have had a significant amount of data stolen. “This is a key area where we have a clear rule that needs to be enforced.” “A lot of these practises are so opaque that they have gone unnoticed, and then, on the other hand, we know that our privacy regulator is really under-resourced,” she said.

What to do if you've been targeted by the Optus hacker (9Homes)

There are reports up to 10000 Optus customers have had their personal data published online after a hacker...

The response from Optus is pathetic - I've barely been told anything. So if you That needs to happen urgently." This is going to cost them billions of dollars. "The only differentiation that Optus is making is your details or your identity details," he said. "Right now the only way you will know is that Optus would have contacted you and said you've been part of a breach and they either have got none of your identifying details or they have your identity details," Long advises.

Australia Plans to Toughen Privacy Rules After Massive Cyber ... (Insurance Journal)

Australia plans to toughen privacy rules to force companies to notify banks faster when they experience cyber attacks, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese.

Optus said it would offer the most affected customers free credit monitoring and identity protection with credit agency Equifax Inc. It did not say how many customers the offer applied to. The attacker’s IP address, or unique identifier of a computer, appeared to move between countries in Europe, the company said, but declined to detail how security was breached.

Optus, Australian govt clash over cyber attack amid reports of hacker ... (Reuters Australia)

Australia's No. 2 telecoms firm Optus, hit by a massive cyber attack, faced a barrage of criticism on Tuesday, with the government accusing it of trying to ...

Stolen data posted in an online forum has been deleted and hackers have apologised to Optus, the reports said. "Medicare numbers were never advised to form part of compromised information from the breach," O'Neil said. Rosmarin said Optus had briefed authorities after the government's initial review of the incident. An API allows two or more computer programs to communicate with each other. is that our data was encrypted and we had multiple players of protection," Rosmarin told ABC Radio. Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com

Optus cyberattack: telco was smart to get cyber insurance against ... (The Australian Financial Review)

Optus will be able to mitigate a portion of the costs of a cyberattack that looks to have left the details of up to 9.8 million customers floating around on ...

[Sign up to our weekly Opinion newsletter.](https://login.myfairfax.com.au/signup_newsletter/10146?channel_key=9ME3ACTT4ZYY1fEMfvR2EA&callback_uri=https://www.afr.com) [Tony Boyd](/by/tony-boyd-j67sj)is the Chanticleer columnist. Bayer Rosmarin told The Australian Financial Review “our data is encrypted, we have multiple layers of protection”. Playing the blame game at a time when up to 9.8 million people are fearful of having their identities stolen is unedifying. She says the Optus attack highlights the importance of scenario planning and the need to look at all the downsides. In direct contradiction to the running fight between O’Neil and Bayer Rosmarin, the Singtel Optus team said: “We continue to work closely with government and law enforcement and many of our partners to ensure the protection of customers.” It is ironic that when it comes to best practice in cyber risk management, Optus was ahead of most Australian companies because it took out cyber insurance to cover the cost of a hack attack.