Australian telecoms firm Optus's 2022 data breach
Data was leaked at Australian telecoms operator Optus in a 2022 cyber-attack. Australia's telecommunications regulator and privacy regulator subsequently each filed lawsuits. Optus disputed the telecommunications regulator's claims about the sophistication of the attack.
Key facts
- Affected organisation
- Optus
- Incident type
- Data breach
- Occurred / detected
- Not confirmed
- Scale of damage
- Not confirmed
- Cause / method
- Cyber-attack
- Location
- Australia
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Timeline
- It emerged that the findings of the Optus data breach investigation could be made public.
- Australia's telecommunications regulator filed a lawsuit against Optus over the 2022 data breach.
- Optus disputed the Australian telecommunications regulator's claims about the sophistication of the 2022 attack.
- Australia's privacy regulator filed a lawsuit against Optus over the 2022 data breach.
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