MELBOURNE, Oct 1 (Reuters) – Australia’s second-largest telcoms agency Optus, owned by Singapore Telecommunications (STEL.SI), on Saturday ran a full-page apology in main newspapers for a “devastating” cyberattack 10 days in the past and pointed affected clients to a brand new assist website.
“We’re deeply sorry {that a} cyberattack has occurred on our watch,” the corporate stated within the discover.
“We all know that is devastating and that we’ll must work exhausting to regain your belief,” it stated.
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The brand new web page on the corporate’s website provided help to clients whose knowledge has been breached, together with tips on how to change drivers’ licenses, passport and well being care card numbers.
The corporate has agreed to pay the price of changing passports of compromised clients, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese stated on Friday.
“We will probably be in contact with clients who’ve had their passport doc quantity uncovered,” Optus stated on its website.
Australian police stated on Friday they’d arrange an operation to beef up safety of greater than 10,000 Optus clients whose identification credentials had been shared on-line as a result of knowledge breach.
Authorities have declined to touch upon their investigation and energy to search out the hacker because the telcoms big on Sept. 22 first reported the theft of the information of as much as 10 million accounts, equal to 40% of Australia’s inhabitants.
(This story corrects spelling of ‘Australia’ in headline)
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Reporting by Sonali Paul
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