The massive data breach could have happened to any Australian business. Every organisation and citizen has a responsibility to address their own cyber security.
The revelation this week that Optus had been the victim of a large-scale data breach perpetrated by a sophisticated cyber threat should be a massive wake-up call for Australia.
The breach exposed the personal information of over nine million Optus customers dating back to 2017, with the names, dates of birth, phone numbers, email addresses, and in some cases home address, passport and driver’s licence numbers stolen.
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Marcus Thompson is a retired Australian Army Major General. He was the inaugural Head of Information Warfare for the Australian Defence Force. His current appointments include Chief Strategy Adviser at cyber security company ParaFlare.
