Sensitive data taken from Optus customers includes phone numbers, passport info and email addresses.
Optus, one of the biggest telecommunications services providers in Australia, has suffered a data breach, with sensitive information on its customers being exposed, the company has confirmed.
In an official announcement, Optus said that following the cyberattack, it started investigating the “possible unauthorized access” of both current, and former, customers’ information.
Whoever was behind the attack stole plenty of sensitive identity information from the company’s endpoints, including customer names, dates of birth, phone numbers, as well as email addresses. Some customers have also had physical addresses, ID document numbers such as driver’s licenses or passport numbers exposed, as well. Payment details and account passwords are safe, however.
