Good morning. As Optus customers are still coming to terms with the fallout of a big data breach, more attacks are coming to light that have exposed Australians’ personal information, including at a security firm and an employment agency. And the Conservatives are still in turmoil in the wake of the UK government’s humiliating U-turn on tax cuts.
Current and former Australian employees of the security firm G4S have been told personal information – including tax file numbers, bank account information and medical checks – was stolen and posted online in a ransomware attack. G4S, which provides services for prisons across Australia, told employees it had been the subject of “a cyber incident” that gave an unauthorised third party access to its systems. It is one of at least three more data breaches to be disclosed in Australia this week in the wake of the massive Optus hack.
