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Optus slapped with $12m penalty over Triple-0 outage
Telecommunications 2024-11-08 2:36 pm By Julia Kanapathippillai

Optus has been hit with a $12 million penalty over a ā€œpreventableā€ nationwide network outage in November 2023, which left thousands of customers unable to make emergency calls.

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Optus denies cyberattack was not ‘highly sophisticated’
Privacy & Cybersecurity 2024-10-22 11:11 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Optus has struck back at ACMA’s claim that a cyberattack that exposed the information of around 10 million customers was not a “highly sophisticated” operation.

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ACCC signs off on Optus, TPG network sharing deal
Competition & Consumer Protection 2024-09-05 12:27 pm By Sam Matthews

The competition watchdog has approved a blockbuster regional network sharing deal expected to boost TPGā€™s regional coverage as well as Optusā€™ 5G rollout, after rejecting a similar deal between TPG and Telstra.Ā 

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TPG follows telco giants in scrapping exclusivity deal with Google
Competition & Consumer Protection 2024-08-13 2:03 pm By Sam Matthews

The competition watchdog has accepted an undertaking from TPG not to renew an agreement requiring it to pre-install Google on mobile devices it supplies, following similar undertakings given by Telstra and Optus last month.Ā 

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Telstra, Optus wonā€™t renew exclusivity deals with Google amid ACCC investigation
Competition & Consumer Protection 2024-07-02 12:26 pm By Cindy Cameronne

The ACCC has accepted undertakings from Telstra and Optus not to renew agreements requiring them to pre-install Google apps on Android devices as part of its competition probe into Google.

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Optus had four years to fix coding error behind massive cyberattack, says ACMA
Privacy & Cybersecurity 2024-06-24 11:08 pm By Cindy Cameronne

The Australian Communications and Media Authority says a coding error on a dormant website that went undetected for four years was behind a massive data breach that exposed the information of close to 10 million Optus customers, with the regulator saying the hack was ā€œnot highly sophisticatedā€.Ā 

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Judge mulls joint trial of ACMA case, class action against Optus
Privacy & Cybersecurity 2024-06-14 3:35 pm By Sam Matthews

A judge overseeing several cases against Optus over a September 2022 data breach has raised the possibility of hearing a class action against the telco alongside new proceedings brought by the Australian Communications and Media Authority.

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Optus loses second bid to shield Deloitte report from class action
Class Actions 2024-05-27 11:23 am By Sam Matthews

Optus has lost its appeal of a decision that found the telco could not claim legal professional privilege over a Deloitte report into a major data breach, with an appeals court highlighting the lack of evidence from former CEO Kelly Bayer Rosmarin.

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Optus taken to court by ACMA over massive data breach
Privacy & Cybersecurity 2024-05-22 11:35 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

The Australian Communications and Media Authority has brought proceedings against Optus over a September 2022 data breach that comprised the data of up to 10 million customers, the first lawsuit filed by a regulator following a string of major cyberattacks over the past two years.

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Optus denies ‘cloaking’ Deloitte report in privilege in data breach class action
Appeals 2024-05-14 10:38 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Optus has denied that it ā€˜cloakedā€™ the true dominant purpose of a Deloitte report into a major data breach in 2022, arguing on appeal that the report was privileged and that a class action should not have access to it.Ā 

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