Telstra Telecom, Australia’s largest telecommunication company, reported on October 4, 2022, that it was the victim of a data breach through a third-party. This occurred nearly two weeks after its main rival, Optus, reported a data breach of its own. In total, the first names, last names and the email addresses of 30,000 Telstra employees and former employees have been leaked on a hacking forum.
“There has been no breach of Telstra’s systems. And no customer account data was involved”, said in a statement Narelle Devine, the company’s Chief Information Security Officer for the Asia Pacific region.
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