9M Australians affected by Optus data breach
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9M Australians affected by Optus data breach
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#2For those not aware this is about 35% of the population of Australia which is around 26 million.
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#4i wonder if passwords really haven’t been affected or if they’re just hashed so they think they can get away with saying that
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#5State-sponsored?
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#6> Information which may have been exposed includes customers’ names, dates of birth, phone numbers, email addresses, and, for a subset of customers, addresses, ID document numbers such as driver's licence or passport numbers. Payment detail and account passwords have not been compromised.
Geez, ID document numbers is such a big thing. Now hackers can basically call most institution and impersonate victims. this is quite huge
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#7isnt that like half the population??
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#8"Payment detail and account passwords have not been compromised."
No, just your identity is. If you're Australian, you or someone you know will be in this. What a total fuck up.
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#9FYI optics is Australia's second largest telecommunications provider. This would be the worst known databreach in Australian history.
It is interesting that compared to identity theft announcements from many US corporations they are direct, apologize and state the authorities they are working with. I imagine there's less fear of the legal consequences of not having a tight response as the culture isn't as litigious.
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#10A mobile company that wants so much of their users ID info. Is it really necessary for them to get all that user info?