After a horror 48 hours by which it suffered an enormous knowledge breach, Optus says there’s some excellent news, with the corporate set to obtain a number of hundred million {dollars} from the deceased property of a Nigerian Prince. It’ll use a few of the funds to compensate affected prospects.
A spokesperson from the corporate’s IT division stated Optus obtained information of the Nigerian donation through electronic mail final week. “It was truly just some days earlier than we had been hacked, which is a coincidence. So, as unhealthy as the information breach has been, a minimum of we’ll now have funds to compensate these affected.
He stated the injection of funds was completely sudden. “It’s an attention-grabbing story truly. The prince is a part of the Nigerian royal household, and he’s simply come into fairly a big inheritance. It seems he doesn’t have anybody in Nigeria to share the funds with, so he’s determined to donate it to Australia’s second largest telecommunications firm, which is nice”.
Optus stated prospects might anticipate the funds to reach any day now. “The cash was purported to arrive at the moment, however it seems like there’s been some type of maintain up. I’m certain it’ll be right here tomorrow”.
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