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TECHNOLOGY_ How Optus hackers used ‘sophisticated’ technique to carry out massive cyber attack

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How Optus hackers used ‘sophisticated’ technique to carry out massive cyber attack

The personal details of millions of Aussies have been compromised after hackers used a sophisticated and chilling technique to hit the telco hard.

Alexis Carey @carey_alexis
4 min read September 23, 2022 - 6:12PM
news.com.au

The fallout from Optus’ massive cyber attack scandal continues to grow, with the company’s embattled CEO revealing a shadowy European link.

The bombshell news broke yesterday that the telco had been hit by a major data breach, leaving customers’ personal information exposed.

On Friday morning, an emotional Optus CEO Kelly Bayer-Rosmarin said reports 9.8 million records dating back as far as 2017 may have been compromised was an “absolute worst case scenario”.


Optus CEO Kelly Bayer-Rosmarin said it was an ‘absolute worst case scenario’. Picture: Damian Shaw/NCA NewsWire


She confirmed that a crime gang or foreign state may have been behind the attack, which was first discovered on Wednesday, and said the hackers covered their tracks by moving their digital location markers across a string of different European nations.

“The IP address [used by the hackers] kept moving. It’s a sophisticated attack. Safe to say it comes out of various countries in Europe,” Ms Bayer-Rosmarin said.

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