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Optus is being dragged over the coals after promising to "vigorously defend" any class actions launched by Australian customers over a major security breach.

After failing to get clear advice from Optus and in trying to protect her finances, Anna may now not be able to own her own home anytime soon.

Exclusive: Ransomware attack on Port Phillip prison revealed in July led to data being posted in mid-September with staff told details this week

Telstra reckons it's an attempt to "profit from the Optus breach".

AusPost is wading into the home internet market, offering NBN service for purchase in-store and online as customers slip away from big telcos.

Australia's largest telecoms firm Telstra Corp Ltd said on Tuesday it had suffered what it called a small data breach, a disclosure that comes two weeks after its main rival Optus was left reeling by a massive cyberattack.

Data hacks: old crimes, new methods

Following Optus' woes, thousands of Telstra workers have had their details leaked onto the dark web thanks to a third-party security breach.

The affected individual said they had also been caught in the Optus hack and had done everything possible to protect their information by various methods including changing passwords. They had gone to Service NSW at Wallsend for new driver's licence number after the Lifestyle Solutions hack but were told it…