Telstra data breach

The forum in which a hacker shared personal information from the Optus cyberattack has become host to some new details.

As millions deal with the repercussions of the Optus data breach, a third party company has leaked information of Telstra employees.

Telstra has become the latest telecommunications operator to get stung by a data breach, with names and email addresses of 30,000 current and former staff ...

As millions deal with the repercussions of the Optus data breach, Telstra has reportedly been dealing with a smaller breach of its own.

Telstra has become the latest telco to be managing a breach of data after thousands of staff members' personal data was uploaded to a forum on the dark web.

Australia's largest telecoms firm Telstra Corp Ltd said on Tuesday it had suffered what it called a small data breach, a disclosure that comes two weeks ...

Days after Optus was hit by a major cyber attack, Telstra is dealing with its own breach, as 30000 past and present workers have their details leaked.

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The data of 30,000 current and former Telstra employees has been exposed in a breach the telco believes was timed to capitalise on Optus' hack.

[Schepisi Communications fell victim to a cyber attack](https://www.arnnet.com.au/article/688127/telstra-partner-falls-victim-cyber-attack/), which was said at the time to have potentially exposed information associated with tens of thousands of SIM cards. [Deloitte to conduct an independent security review](https://www.arnnet.com.au/article/702037/deloitte-drafted-optus-attack-review/) following the breach, looking over its security systems, controls and processes. [Optus had data from over 9 million customers exposed in a breach](https://www.arnnet.com.au/article/701794/optus-data-breach-faces-criminal-investigation/) that included driver’s licence and passport numbers.

You may have seen media reports about a data breach involving Telstra employee data. We wanted to let you know what happened.

Only names (first and last) and email addresses used to sign up to the employee rewards program were impacted. The supplier previously provided a now-obsolete Telstra employee rewards program. Critically, there was no breach of any Telstra systems, and no customer account information was stored on the third-party platform.

Telstra has confirmed some employee details have been released online after a 2017 data breach of a third-party rewards program. The telco said staff names ...

As millions deal with the repercussions of the Optus data breach, more companies have had the data of their employees leaked.

Just over a week after the Optus data breach, thousands of Telstra staff members have had personal information leaked online.

[Optus is offering customers 'most affected' by last week's data breach a free subscription to credit-monitoring company Equifax Protect. Telstra has confirmed the data is from a breach that occurred back in 2017 and it didn’t contain any customer data. In the meantime, we remind you as always to remain vigilant about any unexpected communications.” “To be clear, it was not a breach of any Telstra systems. According to Telstra, the names and email addresses of up to 30,000 former and current staff members have been breached. According to the telco the breach came from a third party that was conducting a staff rewards program.

Telstra said on Tuesday it had suffered what it called a small data breach, a disclosure that comes two weeks after its main rival Optus was left reelin...

The data exposed included home addresses, drivers' licenses and passport numbers. An Optus spokesperson declined to comment on Shorten's remarks, but said the company was working as quickly as possible to provide accurate updates to impacted customers. The data that was taken was "very basic in nature", limited to names and email addresses, a company spokesperson said in a statement.