Judge flags merging Optus data breach proceedings

A judge has suggested a merge of the Optus data breach class action with proceedings launched by the communications...

14 June 2024

By Naomi Neilson

Optus fails to keep report into cyber attack out of class action

The Federal Court has dismissed Optus’ appeal to hold back a Deloitte report into its 2022 cyber attack from class...

28 May 2024

By Naomi Neilson

Optus hit with lawsuit for 2022 cyber attack

The Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) has filed a lawsuit against Optus, alleging that it failed to...

24 May 2024

By Naomi Neilson

Optus denies claims of ‘cloaking’ Deloitte cyber attack report findings

Optus has denied claims it attempted to “cloak” details of its 2022 cyber attack from the courts after it pushed to...

20 May 2024

By Lauren Croft

Optus general counsel evidence ‘vague’ on cyber attack details, court finds

To keep a Deloitte investigation into last year’s cyber attack private, Optus relied on the state of mind of its...

14 November 2023

By Naomi Neilson

Optus class action secures Deloitte report into data breach

Optus failed to keep a Deloitte report into last year’s major data breach out of the hands of a class action...

10 November 2023

By Naomi Neilson

Slater & Gordon files class action against Optus

National plaintiff firm Slater & Gordon has commenced proceedings against telco giant Optus, on behalf of current...

21 April 2023

By Jerome Doraisamy

Telcos to pay $33.5m for false and misleading NBN statements

Australia’s three largest internet service providers have been ordered to pay penalties totalling $33.5 million for...

14 November 2022

By Jess Feyder

Law departments must have a ‘game plan’ for cyber attacks

Following the Optus data breach and the rise of cyber crime, this cyber partner urged in-house legal departments to be...

01 November 2022

By Lauren Croft

The Corporate Counsel Show: Lessons for legal counsel from the Optus cyber attack

Corporate counsel have, for some time, been cognisant of the need to be more adept with cyber security. The recent...

19 October 2022

By Robyn Tongol

The Optus data breach: A timely reminder of statutory cyber obligations

The recent cyber attack on Optus, which resulted in the unauthorised disclosure of the personal information of millions...

12 October 2022

By Lauren Croft

Key corporate lessons from Optus breach

The Optus data breach will be the pivotal moment that leads to privacy law regulation in Australia, argues one cyber...

11 October 2022

By Jerome Doraisamy

OAIC launches investigation into Optus

Following the Optus customer data breach, which left potentially millions of customers’ information in the hands of...

11 October 2022

By Lauren Croft

Optus breach, a ‘pivotal moment’ for data protection laws

Australia’s largest-ever data breach — which could end up costing telco giant Optus hundreds of millions of dollars...

07 October 2022

By Jerome Doraisamy

Is regulatory data law reform needed following the Optus breach?

Following the Optus customer data breach, which left potentially millions of customers’ information in the hands of...

30 September 2022

By Lauren Croft

Maurice Blackburn investigates action against Optus

Optus is set to face a second legal claim over its customer data breach, which left potentially millions of...

28 September 2022

By Lauren Croft

Smaller firms ‘sitting ducks’ following Optus data breach

Following a massive data breach leaving the personal information of potentially millions of Optus customers...

28 September 2022

By Lauren Croft

Slater and Gordon investigating class action against Optus

National plaintiff firm Slater and Gordon is looking into a possible data breach class action against Optus, in the...

26 September 2022

By Jerome Doraisamy