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MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - NCA NewsWire Photos - 4 MAY 2024: Optus signage is seen outside a store on Bourke Street. Picture: NCA NewsWire / Diego Fedele

Optus hack ‘not highly sophisticated’

Hackers were able to obtain personal details for millions of current and former Optus customers in a “trial and error” attack exploiting a coding error, Australia’s telecommunication watchdog alleges.

Hacking
MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - NCA NewsWire Photos - 4 MAY 2024: Optus signage is seen outside a store on Bourke Street. Picture: NCA NewsWire / Diego Fedele

Optus hack ‘not highly sophisticated’

Hackers were able to obtain personal details for millions of current and former Optus customers in a “trial and error” attack exploiting a coding error, Australia’s telecommunication watchdog alleges.

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