theverge.com,
Mon 09/26:
Australia to overhaul privacy laws after massive data breach
Following one of the biggest data breaches in Australian history, the government of Australia is planning to get stricter on requirements for disclosure of cyber attacks. Reporting from ABC News Australia suggested the breach may have resulted from an improperly secured API that Optus developed to comply with regulations around providing users multifactor authentication options. The hacker also released a number of free “sample files,” which they said contained the full address information of 10,000 Optus users.
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