, Optus chief executive Kelly Bayer Rosmarin argued calls for higher fines would not help because everyone at the company was already sorry and working to regain customers’ trust.
She declined to comment on whether a $2.1 million potential maximum fine for the Optus breach - which included driver’s licences, passport and Medicare numbers as well as millions of names, addresses and emails - was appropriate, saying Optus was focused on customers.Two national law firms, Slater & Gordon and Maurice Blackburn, are investigating group claims against Optus that could yield much larger total payouts to affected customers, though that would be compensation rather than a fine.
Maybe.. just maybe.. every business shouldn't be keeping license / medicare and all that other sensitive information on file on internet facing systems. All they should require is a flag 'Verified: YES' - and that's it.
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