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‘Compensation from Optus’: Telco under pressure to pay for hack cleanup

Optus hacker 'sorry', withdraws demands 10 News First – Disclaimer

Optus is under pressure to foot the bill for replacing personal information exposed to criminals in a huge hack last week as governments begin to issue new documents to affected customers.

The embattled telco is coming under fire from federal and state leaders, including Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews, federal Deputy Treasurer Stephen Jones and even federal Opposition Leader Peter Dutton as the fallout widens from nearly 10 million customers having their data stolen.

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