Optus

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 Daniel Croft
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 Daniel 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 James North, James Wallace and Jack Matthews
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