{"id":7101,"date":"2022-09-22T07:37:55","date_gmt":"2022-09-22T05:37:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2022\/09\/22\/customers-personal-data-stolen-as-optus-suffers-massive-cyber-attack\/"},"modified":"2022-09-22T07:37:55","modified_gmt":"2022-09-22T05:37:55","slug":"customers-personal-data-stolen-as-optus-suffers-massive-cyber-attack","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2022\/09\/22\/customers-personal-data-stolen-as-optus-suffers-massive-cyber-attack\/","title":{"rendered":"Customers\u2019 personal data stolen as Optus suffers massive cyber-attack"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Personal information of potentially millions of customers exposed, including names, dates of birth, addresses, and contact details<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/australia-news\/live\/2022\/sep\/22\/australia-news-live-queen-day-of-mourning-afl-indigenous-players-mistreatment-pilot-whale-stranding-tasmania-bus-crash-vic-nsw-qld\">Follow our Australia news live blog for the latest updates<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Get our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/ng-interactive\/2018\/may\/15\/the-guardian-app?CMP=cvau_sfl\">free news app<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/guardian-australia-morning-mail\/2014\/jun\/24\/-sp-guardian-australias-morning-mail-subscribe-by-email?CMP=cvau_sfl\">morning email briefing<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/australia-news\/series\/full-story?CMP=cvau_sfl\">daily news podcast<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Optus has suffered a massive cyber-attack, with the personal information of customers stolen, including names, dates of birth, addresses, and contact details.<\/p>\n<p>The telco suffered the data breach when hackers, believed to be working for a criminal or state-sponsored organisation, accessed the sensitive information by breaking through the company\u2019s firewall.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/guardian-australia-morning-mail\/2014\/jun\/24\/-sp-guardian-australias-morning-mail-subscribe-by-email?CMP=copyembed\">Sign up to receive an email with the top stories from Guardian Australia every morning<\/a><\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/business\/2022\/sep\/22\/customers-personal-data-stolen-as-optus-suffers-massive-cyber-attack\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/b8fd771e15aea8a5fcf5578730e3635c6d14e5cf\/0_198_4500_2701\/master\/4500.jpg?width=140&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=e85da6d713639f872121eb9277495c5b\" title=\"Customers\u2019 personal data stolen as Optus suffers massive cyber-attack\" \/>Personal information of potentially millions of customers exposed, including names, dates of birth, addresses, and contact details<\/p>\n<p>Follow our Australia news live blog for the latest updates<br \/>\nGet our free news app, morning email briefing or daily news podcast<\/p>\n<p>Optus has suffered a massive cyber-attack, with the personal information of customers stolen, including names, dates of birth, addresses, and contact details.<br \/>\nThe telco suffered the data breach when hackers, believed to be working for a criminal or state-sponsored organisation, accessed the sensitive information by breaking through the company\u2019s firewall.<br \/>\nSign up to receive an email with the top stories from Guardian Australia every morning Continue reading&#8230;Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Personal information of potentially millions of customers exposed, including names, dates of birth, addresses, and contact details Follow our Australia news live blog for the latest updates Get our free news app, morning email briefing or daily news podcast 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