ACMA’s proceedings towards Optus
On 20 Might 2024, ACMA filed proceedings within the Federal Courtroom towards Optus alleging that throughout the knowledge breach between 17 to twenty September 2022, Optus failed to guard the confidentiality of its prospects’ private info from unauthorised interference or unauthorised entry as required underneath the Telecommunications (Interception and Entry) Act 1979.
The breach noticed the information of 9.5 million former and present Optus prospects accessed. Of these, 3.6 million had been energetic cellular subscribers, and it’s in relation to those prospects that ACMA seeks penalties for the contraventions.
The cyberattack led to the personally identifiable info of roughly 10,200 Optus prospects being revealed on the darkish net. Of Optus energetic subscribers, greater than 3.1 million had their bodily deal with accessed and greater than 2.4 million had id info resembling passport, driver’s licence and Medicare numbers accessed.