.Optus is yet to provide government agencies with information about affected customers following a massive data breach, with more than 36,000 Medicare cards compromised. 7NEWS
WATCH THE VIDEO ABOVE: Anger at Optus over massive data breach.Services Australia wrote to Optus on Tuesday asking for the full details of all customers who had their Medicare card or Centrelink concession card details stolen in the hack so it could bolster security measures.
He said Services Australia was ready to act, but the government needed Optus to reveal who had been caught up in the breach. In a statement, an Optus spokesperson said the company was working with government agencies to determine which customers it needed to take action on.AAP Earlier, Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus said he would review Australia’s privacy laws and could bring in boosted protections by the end of the year.
The federal government has blasted Optus’s handling of the breach, saying it was a basic hack that had exposed millions of Australians to possible identity theft.‘Useless’ laws
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