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

Australian telecom giant Optus has said that a cyberattack on it systems exposed current and former customer data. In a press release, the company said that an unspecified number of customer names, dates of birth, phone numbers, email addresses, addresses and identity document numbers, such as driver’s licence or passport numbers, were taken in the breach.

Australia's second-largest telecom company reports major data breach in cyberattack

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

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

Australia's second-largest telecom company reports major data breach in cyberattack