Australia's government says it is 'incredibly concerned' over the reported release of customers' personal data stolen from a telecoms company
Optus says it could not comment on whether it had been in contact with the poster of the data or paid a ransom.
An anonymous poster who claimed to be behind the data breach reportedly released the personal data of more than 10,000 people late on Monday. Home Affairs Minister Clare O'Neil said she was "incredibly concerned this morning about reports that personal information from the Optus data breach, including Medicare numbers, are now being offered for free and for ransom".
Australia was about a decade behind on privacy protections and five years behind on cybersecurity, both of which needed to be addressed, she said.
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