ACMA’s proceedings in opposition to Optus
On 20 Could 2024, ACMA filed proceedings within the Federal Courtroom in opposition to Optus alleging that through the knowledge breach between 17 to twenty September 2022, Optus failed to guard the confidentiality of its clients’ private info from unauthorised interference or unauthorised entry as required beneath the Telecommunications (Interception and Entry) Act 1979.
The breach noticed the information 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 info of roughly 10,200 Optus clients being printed 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 id info equivalent to passport, driver’s licence and Medicare numbers accessed.
