Optus data breach could allow fraudsters to commit range of damaging crimes, expert says
John Theodosis is one of the thousands of Australians whose personal data might now be in the hands of criminals. Key points: Nearly 10 million current and former Optus customers have been affected by the data breach An expert says the data could be used by criminals to take out fraudulent loans or impersonate victims Australian intelligence agencies are investigating the data breach, which could have implications for national security The Toowoomba pensioner first heard of the massive data breach at Optus on the news and his worst fears were quickly confirmed in a live chat when the company flagged his account as one of those affected. 'Garden variety' theft Brendan Walker-Munro of the University of Queensland said with those personal details, criminals would be able to commit "garden variety identity theft". "I want to reassure Australians that the full weight of cybersecurity capabilities across government … are working round the clock to respond to this breach," Home Affairs Minister Clare O'Neil said. What can you do to protect against the threats caused by this data breach On Monday Optus announced it would offer its "most affected" current and former customers free one-year subscriptions to a credit monitoring and identity protection service.
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