AU

Historical telecommunications security milestones, vulnerabilities, wiretapping incidents, and signaling exploits recorded in AU.

RECORDS INDEXED1

SPAN2022–2022

AVG SEVERITY8.5 / 10

Intercept Log — AU

001 RECORDS

2022

Data

8.5

Optus Data Breach: Internet-Facing API Leaks Records of ~9.5–9.8 Million Australians

Between 17 and 20 September 2022 an attacker extracted customer records from Australian carrier Optus via an Internet-facing API; Optus said up to 9.8 million records were affected, while the ACMA later cited over 9.5 million current and former customers.