Optus acknowledges major cyberattack

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Optus acknowledges major cyberattack
Optus is investigating the unauthorised access of customer details including home addresses, driver's licence and passport numbers, after a cyberattack. The telco said in a statement on Thursday it had immediately shut down the attack after discovering it, and that payment details and account ...

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