Australian telecom Optus suffers a cyberattack, potentially giving the hacker access to data on up to 9.8M customers, per the CEO; the police are investigating (Alice Uribe/Wall Street Journal)

Alice Uribe / Wall Street Journal:
Australian telecom Optus suffers a cyberattack, potentially giving the hacker access to data on up to 9.8M customers, per the CEO; the police are investigating  —  Australian telecoms company says mass breach could have exposed birth dates, phone numbers and other personal data