MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — An Australian judge fined telecommunications giant Optus 100 million Australian dollars ($66 million) Wednesday for unconscionable conduct selling services to hundreds of ...

Optus and Medibank Data Breach Cases Allege Cyber Security Failures Your email has been sent Australian regulators allege that cyber security failures at Optus and Medibank contributed to data ...

Australia’s competition watchdog has filed proceedings against Singtel’s subsidiary, Optus Mobile, alleging what it called “unconscionable” conduct in dealings with some consumers. The Australian ...

The Federal Court has heard how people across Australia who were homeless, unemployed or on a disability pension were sold products and services they could not afford or need by Optus staff. The ...

The massive Optus data breach that could have compromised the personal data of more than 10 million users has once again cast the spotlight on the cyber resilience of organisations in Australia. The ...

Vodafone will more than double its mobile network coverage in Australia following a regional network-sharing agreement between TPG Telecom and Optus, approved by the Australian Competition and ...

Australia's current administration is calling for stronger privacy laws, following last week's cybersecurity breach that compromised personal data of 9.8 million Optus customers. Describing the cyber ...

Medicare card numbers are the latest personal details to be exposed as part of the Optus data breach. Optus has confirmed this affects 14,900 valid Medicare numbers that have not expired, and a ...

Breached information includes names, dates of birth, phone numbers, email addresses, and, for a subset of customers, addresses, ID document numbers such as driver's licence or passport numbers.

Beleaguered telco Optus has been slugged with a whopping $100m fine for exploiting vulnerable Australians through what a court has described as “predatory” and “appalling” conduct. The penalty was ...

People throughout Australia were shocked to learn overnight that at least three people, including an eight-week-old baby, died on Thursday because of a breakdown in the Triple 0 emergency phone system ...