Weeks after Australian telecom giant Optus reported a major data breach, the Anthony Albanese government has announced it will be introducing new legislation in parliament to penalise heavily repeat 'privacy breach' offenders.

Australia to bring legislation for tougher penalties on hackers for data breaches

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said on Friday that the country’s federal police will be launching an investigation into the data breach affecting Optus customers.

Australia launches 'Operation Guardian' to protect Optus data breach victims

A post on an online forum claimed to have released 10,000 customer records from the recent data breach and threatened to release more until a $1 million ransom is paid.

Optus leak: Over 10K records posted online, purported hacker deletes post and apologises

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Australia to bring legislation for tougher penalties on hackers for data breaches

Australia launches 'Operation Guardian' to protect Optus data breach victims

Optus leak: Over 10K records posted online, purported hacker deletes post and apologises