Updated on 2022-12-12
Telstra, an Australian telecoms provider, inadvertently leaked the names, addresses, and phone numbers of 130,000 customers whose details were supposed to be unlisted. Read more: Australian Telecom Firm Leaks Data of 130,000 Customers
When contacting @Telstra customercare, the Support Staff compels us to provide the OTP received, but #Telstra message says NOT to do so. For a layman, it is unclear what can be done with the OTP by the Support Staff? Or is it a valid process, but #Telstra got the message wrong? pic.twitter.com/Di7ujPEGvt
— Yuthan Balaji K (@iamyuthan) December 11, 2022
Updated on 2022-10-09
Dark Reading reports that 30,000 employees (as far back as 2017!) at Australian telco rival Telstra had personal information stolen in a separate, unrelated breach. Read more: Aussie Telco Telstra Breached, Reportedly Exposing 30,000 Employees’ Data
Updated on 2022-10-05
Telstra, Australia’s largest telecom firm, reported suffering a data breach that affected some 30,000 former and current employee data, dating back to 2017. Read more: Australia’s Telstra hit by data breach, two weeks after attack on Optus
Overview
Two weeks after Australian telco Optus disclosed a data breach, its main rival Telstra also disclosed a similar incident. However, as the company explained in a breach notification posted on its website, the incident is far smaller than the Optus breach and only involved the personal data of employees the company had back in 2017. Read more: Employee data breach: what you need to know
You may have heard about a data breach involving Telstra employee details. Here are the key facts:
👉 This wasn't a breach of any Telstra system
👉 No customer account info was included
👉 The data includes first/last names and employee email addresses
👉 The data is from 2017— Telstra (@Telstra) October 4, 2022
