Optus hacker releases 10,000 alleged customer records, then recants | nickbonyhady
Optus boss Kelly Bayer Rosmarin has vowed to stay on in her job after hackers overnight released alleged details of 10,000 customers on the dark web, and she has rejected the government’s accusations the company left itself open to a “quite basic” hack.
There is no guarantee the poster’s fresh promises are genuine and cybersecurity experts have warned that the site where the person is posting itself is a malware risk. Bayer Rosmarin argued Optus should not be seen as the wrongdoer and was doing everything it could to help customers. “We are not the villains,” she said.
The personal records of 10,000 Optus customers have been released, according to an apparent extortionist.Robert Potter, co-founder of cybersecurity firm Internet 2.0, cautioned against giving too much attention to the alleged hacker and their claims, saying there was no guarantee a hacker would return data even if their demands were met.LoadingThe page where the hacker was posting their claims, Potter said, now itself appeared to be spreading malware according to two anti-virus vendors.
However, Jeremy Kirk – the executive editor at Information Security Media Group, a computer security-focused publisher – says it appears legitimate.
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