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Optus hacked exposing millions of customers’ personal details<!-- wp:html --><div></div> <div> <h2>Personal data of nearly nine million Optus customers leaked in one of Australia’s biggest cyberattacks ever – what the hackers know about YOU</h2> <p class="author-section byline-plain">By Cameron Carpenter for Daily Mail Australia </p> <p class="byline-section"><span class="article-timestamp article-timestamp-published"> <span class="article-timestamp-label">Published:</span> 04:56, September 22, 2022 </span> | <span class="article-timestamp article-timestamp-updated"> <span class="article-timestamp-label">Updated:</span> 05:03, 22 Sep 2022 </span> </p> <p> <!-- ad: https://mads.dailymail.co.uk/v8/gb/news/none/article/other/para_top.html --> <!-- CWV --><!--[if !IE]>>--> <!– <!--[if IE]>--></p> <p> <!--[if !IE]>>--> <!–<!--[if IE]>--></p> <p> <!--[if !IE]>>--> <!–<!--[if gte IE 8]>>--> <!– <!--[if IE 8]>--></p> <p> <!--[if IE 9]>--></p> <p> <!--[if IE]>--></p> <p> <!--[if !IE]> --> <!–</p> <p> <!-- SiteCatalyst code version: H.20.3. Copyright 1997-2009 Omniture, Inc. More info available at http://www.omniture.com --> </p> <p> <!-- End SiteCatalyst code version: H.20.3. --> <!--[if IE]>--></p> <p> <!--[if !IE]> --> <!–<!--[if IE]>--></p> <p> <!--[if !IE]> --> <!– <!-- CWV --></p> <div> <p class="mol-para-with-font">Up to nine million Optus customers have had all their personal information stolen, including passport and license numbers, email and home addresses, dates of birth and phone numbers in a major cyber attack. </p> <p class="mol-para-with-font">Hackers have reportedly exploited a weakness in the Optus firewall, which is considered one of the largest cyberattacks in Australian history. </p> <p class="mol-para-with-font"> </p><p class="mol-para-with-font">More to come </p> <div class="artSplitter mol-img-group"> <div class="mol-img"> <div class="image-wrap"> </div> </div> <p class="imageCaption"> </p></div> </div> <p> <!-- ad: https://mads.dailymail.co.uk/v8/gb/news/none/article/other/inread_player.html --></p> <div class="column-content cleared"> <div class="shareArticles"> <h3 class="social-links-title">Share or comment on this article: </h3> </div> </div> </div><!-- /wp:html -->

Personal data of nearly nine million Optus customers leaked in one of Australia’s biggest cyberattacks ever – what the hackers know about YOU

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Up to nine million Optus customers have had all their personal information stolen, including passport and license numbers, email and home addresses, dates of birth and phone numbers in a major cyber attack.

Hackers have reportedly exploited a weakness in the Optus firewall, which is considered one of the largest cyberattacks in Australian history.

More to come

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