As a gaming outlet we don’t often report on goings-on in the telco world unless it has some significant relevance to our readers, but given the severity and scope of this week’s cyberattack on Optus there’s a very high chance it affects quite a few of us.
Optus announced yesterday that an as-yet undetermined number of its customers (of a total of 9.8 million) have had their personal information disclosed as a result of a cyberattack, information that includes “customers’ names, dates of birth, phone numbers, email addresses, and, for a subset of customers, addresses, ID document numbers such as driver’s license or passport numbers.”
Optus says it will be contacting affected customers directly to inform them of what information specifically has been compromised.
The telco provider says that it’s not yet aware of any customer harm and hasn’t received any ransom demands, but suggests a number of actions for all of its customers out of an abundance of caution following the attack:
We’ll update this story if anything more significant changes.
To help protect against fraud, Optus customers are encouraged to look to reputable sources such as: