Optus tells former Virgin Mobile and Gomo customers they could also be part of data breach

Identification repair service receives a month’s worth of complaint calls in three days as government pressures telco to pay for replacement ID documents

Former Virgin Mobile and Gomo customers are the latest to have been informed by Optus that their personal information was exposed in the company’s massive data breach, as an identification repair service reveals it has fielded a month’s worth of complaint calls in three days.

It has been a week since Optus first revealed up to 10 million of its customers had personal information – including names, addresses, emails and dates of birth – exposed, with 2.8 million having passport, licence or Medicare numbers also made visible.

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Attorney general flags urgent privacy law changes after Optus data breach

Mark Dreyfus indicates potential reforms to laws regarding data breaches including higher penalties, mandatory precautions and customer notifications

Privacy law changes, including tougher penalties for data breaches, could be legislated as early as this year, the attorney general has said in the wake of the Optus breach.

Mark Dreyfus revealed on Thursday that in addition to completing a review of Australia’s privacy laws the Albanese government will look to legislate “even more urgent reforms” late this year or in early 2023.

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Australia news live: Optus contacting 14,900 customers with exposed Medicare ID, consumer watchdog warns petrol stations over price rises

The fuel excise reduction has ended, but service stations have been warned not to pass on the price increase straight away. Follow the day’s news live

Is a cyber security overhaul from the federal government on the cards?

The attorney general Mark Dreyfus told ABC News Breakfast what that could like with details of the government’s response to the Optus data breach:

We’ve been working very hard for a week when the shocking details of this massive data breach were revealed. Rightly millions and millions of Australians past and former Optus customers are very worried about what’s happened.

We’ve had the Treasurer working with banks and financial institutions, we’ve got the Minister for Communications, the Minister for Home Affairs, and me, because I’m responsible for the privacy act, we’ve all been working with Optus and we’ve been working with each other. The Australian Federal Police has been working with the FBI to try and track down the perpetrators.

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