The data of millions of Optus customers could be sold to criminals, after an online ransom threat surfaced demanding the telco pay up. DETAILS: lilgreer9 9News
on Optus as the legitimacy of an alleged online ransom threat to sell millions of customer details is probed.
The number of customers whose details were compromised in Thursday's "sophisticated" hack was initially estimated at 9.8 million.An alleged threat has been made to sell details obtained in an Optus cyberattack as impacted customers are contacted. There's no cross referencing of the data currently available to remove duplication, but it indicates the number of unique users impacted will be in excess of 11 million.
"Given the investigation, Optus will not comment on the legitimacy of customer data to be held by third parties and urges all customers to exercise caution in their online transactions and dealings," a statement obtained by 9News read.
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