Millions of Optus customers hit by major cyber attack

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The personal information of up to nine million Australians could be compromised, after one of the country's largest telecommunications company was hit by cyberattack on Thursday.

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The cyberattack is believed to have stolen the personal details of about 2.8 million customers, the Australian reported, including their passport and driver's license numbers, email and home addresses, date of birth and phone numbers.Optus confirmed the cyberattack in a statement on Thursday afternoon and said it was investigating the"possible unauthorised access of current and former customers' information".Optus confirmed the cyberattack in a statement on Thursday.

"We are devastated to discover that we have been subject to a cyberattack that has resulted in the disclosure of our customers' personal information to someone who shouldn't see it," Optus CEO Kelly Bayer Rosmarin said. "As soon as we knew, we took action to block the attack and began an immediate investigation. While not everyone may be 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.

"We are very sorry and understand customers will be concerned. Please be assured that we are working hard, and engaging with all the relevant authorities and organisations to help safeguard our customers as much as possible." An Optus spokesperson told SkyNews.com.au it is notifying all customers of the cyberattack, even though some of them would not be impacted.

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Which sovereign nation did this? China? Russia? Iran? North Korea?

Call your lawyers, be prepared for the class action - peoples identities will have been stolen

Where’s Anthony Albanese on this?

Optus This is the final straw for me, I'm out.

It Begins...

wow so our passport, drivers license, email, home address and dob are now available to the highest bidder, way to go optus

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