Optus is in meltdown trying to contain the damage from one of the worst cyber attacks our nation has ever seen. 9JesseBurns 9News MORE:
Reports suggest up to 2.8 million Australians have been implicated in the cybersecurity breach, which could have leaked information such as passport and licence numbers, email and home addresses, dates of birth and telephone numbers.Reports suggest up to 2.8 million Australians have been implicated in the cybersecurity breach.The breach implicates both past and present customers of Optus.
"If you are an Optus customer your name, date of birth, phone number, email addresses may have been released. For some customers identity document numbers such as driver's licence or passport numbers could be in the hands of criminals," Scmawatch said in a statement. In a statement Optus said it "immediately shut down" the attack once it was aware of the breach and the Australian Federal Police have been notified.
"While not everyone maybe affected and our investigation is not yet complete, we want all of our customers to be aware of what has happened as soon as possible so that they can increase their vigilance.
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