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300,000 fraud attempts blocked after Optus breach

Questions remain over effectiveness of ID protection.
Governments ask Optus to pay for ID replacements

Customers rush to change driver's licence, passport, Medicare cards.
Optus hackers demand $US1m to keep data secret

Stolen info includes dates of birth, addresses and licence numbers.
One-stop shop for identity theft victims

NSW government simplifies identity recovery.
Police arrest SMS phishing scammers

Sent over 49,000 text messages in one week.
A hacker found Tony Abbott’s passport number

Discovered a flaw in Qantas’ booking system.
Toll Group staff data exposed

Effects of ransomware attack ongoing.
$120,000 stolen in superannuation fraud

Feds insist ATO was not hacked.
NSW Police arrest man in $11m ID fraud scheme

Stolen info from 80 people used to steal millions.
Government cracks down on phone scams

Phone number porting fraud will soon be a thing of the past.
Westpac customer data stolen

PayID exploited to scrape names and phones numbers.