Optus tells former Virgin Mobile and Gomo customers they could also be part of data breach

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Identification repair service receives a month’s worth of complaint calls in three days as government pressures telco to pay for replacement ID documents

Former Virgin Mobile and Gomo customers are the latest to have been informed by

– including names, addresses, emails and dates of birth – exposed, with 2.8 million having passport, licence or Medicare numbers also made visible.

 

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