The Optus Hacker Says They Deleted Data But Customers Are Reporting Scam Texts Demanding Money

The hacker who claims to be behind the Optus cyberattack has apologised for leaking customer data and walked back threats to release more unless they’re paid $1 million USD ($1.5 million AUD) in the next four days. The hacker known as Optusdata posted on Tuesday morning there were “too many eyes” on them and they had made the decision not to attempt to sell or leak any more data. The hacker also offered their “deepest apology” to Optus and said they “hope all goes well from this”. “Optus if your (sic) reading we would have reported exploit if you had method to contact. No security mail, no bug bountys, no way too message,” the message read. “Ransom not paid but we don’t care any more.”

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Hacker deleted the Optus Data? pic.twitter.com/7DQarun7Fb — Arak (@arak_au) September 27, 2022