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AU: Privacy watchdog sues Optus over mass data breach in 2022

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8 Aug, 2025

David Swan reports: Optus is facing a potential mammoth fine after Australia’s privacy watchdog launched civil Federal Court proceedings over a September 2022 cyberattack in which the personal information of nearly 10 million Australians was stolen. During the cyberattack, which was one of the worst in the nation’s history, hackers gained unauthorised access to the…

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