Tag: Optus

Govt launches review of catastrophic Optus outage

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
The federal government will conduct a post-incident review of the nationwide Optus outage that left millions of Australians without mobile or broadband connectivity for more than 12 hours on...

Optus wants govt to force tech giants to pay for network costs

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
Australia’s second largest telco has asked the government to step in and make tech giants like Netflix and Facebook pay a “fair share” contribution to the telecommunications infrastructure that...

100,000-strong class action launched over Optus data breach

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
More than 100,000 Optus customers whose personal information was compromised in last year’s cyber-attack have launched legal proceedings against the Singaporean-owned telco. The class action was filed in the...

Optus, Medibank breaches the ‘tip of the iceberg’: O’Neil

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
Australia’s two most high profile cyber incidents that exposed millions of people’s personal information are only the “tip of the iceberg”, Cybersecurity minister Clare O’Neil said on Tuesday, warning...

Lockheed Martin lands Defence’s $4bn sovereign satellite deal

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
US defence giant Lockheed Martin has fought off Airbus, Boeing and Optus to secure a lucrative contract to deliver Australia’s first “sovereign-controlled” military satellite communication constellation. The Department of...

Fixing regional mobile is the Albanese govt’s NBN moment

Posted on   |  by Mark Gregory
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has decided not to grant authorisation for the proposed regional mobile network arrangements between Telstra and TPG Telecom. In doing so the...

Digital ID could prevent Optus breach repeat: Home Affairs

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
Biometrically anchored digital identities would go a long way to preventing a repeat of the massive irreversible loss of identity information experienced with the Optus data breach, the Department...

Budget backs OAIC probe of Optus data breach

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
Australia’s privacy watchdog will receive a $5.5 million funding boost to respond to the massive Optus data breach that compromised the personal information of almost 10 million customers last...

Govt to legislate $50 million penalties for privacy breaches

Posted on   |  by James Riley
The federal government will this week introduce legislation that radically increases the penalties to $50 million and more against companies for repeated or serious privacy breaches. The law changes...