ACMA’s proceedings towards Optus
On 20 Could 2024, ACMA filed proceedings within the Federal Court docket towards Optus alleging that in the course of the information breach between 17 to twenty September 2022, Optus failed to guard the confidentiality of its clients’ private data from unauthorised interference or unauthorised entry as required below the Telecommunications (Interception and Entry) Act 1979.
The breach noticed the data of 9.5 million former and present Optus clients accessed. Of these, 3.6 million had been energetic cell subscribers, and it’s in relation to those clients that ACMA seeks penalties for the contraventions.
The cyberattack led to the personally identifiable data of roughly 10,200 Optus clients being revealed on the darkish net. Of Optus energetic subscribers, greater than 3.1 million had their bodily handle accessed and greater than 2.4 million had identification data comparable to passport, driver’s licence and Medicare numbers accessed.
