The Optus Breach: How Bad Code Keeps Happening to Good Companies

First, let me be clear that I have no insider knowledge. This is my best guess at what occurred, based on publicly available information here and others indicated in references section below.

On Thursday this week, Australia’s second-largest telecom company, Optus, announced it had suffered a major data breach that had compromised sensitive customer information.

Jeremy Kirk of The Ransomware Files has been progressively uncovering details associated to this incident.

Jeremy Kirk on Twitter: "Someone is claiming to have …

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