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Breach Watch

A record of Australian data breaches, compiled from official notices published by the organisations and regulators involved.

Every fact on every record is checked against a quoted passage in a named source document by a person, and anything a source does not establish is shown as unconfirmed rather than left out.

Optus

Optus — Accidental disclosure

  • Historical
  • Accidental disclosure
  • Verified from an official regulator or organisation notice
Notification date
October 2019
People affected
41,278, stated by the source
Main categories of affected data
Customer Directory Details
Official sources
2

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