Optus Updates Data, Says 2.1 Million Australian ID Documents Exposed After Massive Data Breach
Australian telco giant Optus has confirmed that the ID documents of over 2.1 million customers have been exposed following the recent cyberattack.
Among those documents are 1.2 million current driver’s licence numbers and an additional 900,000 expired ones.
The company also noted that the stolen data did not contain valid or current document ID numbers of about 7.7 million individuals or organisations.
In addition, Optus said it was contacting affected customers to inform them what ID documents had been exposed.
“Optus has sent an email or SMS to the customers that have had current ID documents compromised in the cyber attack, advising that details from their ID documents have been compromised and what they should do,” the company said in a statement….