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Optus CEO Kelly Bayer Rosmarins lavish lifestyle, which includes buying and selling million dollar properties, may be little comfort as she cops brutal backlash over the telcos hacking disaster.

The mystery person, who goes by the online name Optusdata, has vanished from the online forum BreachForums and not logged on since issuing an apology on Tuesday.

The telco giant insists no financial information or passwords were accessed, a claim disputed by Aussie customers who say theyve had credit cards blocked and passwords leaked.

The hugely expensive 30-second commercial shows a woman on her phone getting a text, as words appear across the screen saying: 1 text from the boss and 3 malicious messages blocked.

The millions of Optus customers hit by the data breach are already getting a free drivers licence - but they could also be up for a new passport and Medicare number because of the hack.

State governments have confirmed it will replace all drivers licenses stolen as part of Optuss massive data breach - as the hacker sensationally apologises to Australians.

A tech expert has claimed the Optus cyberattack was a simple security breach that exposed a fundamental flaw in the telco companys defence against hackers.

The mysterious hacker claiming to be responsible for the Optus data breach has apologised for the leak as customers receive text messages demanding they pay $2000 for their private data to be erased.

A leading tech analyst says the massive data breach that allowed a hacker to steal personal details of up to 11 million Optus customers is an extinction-level event for the telco

Kelly Bayer Rosmarin took on the top job at Optus in April 2020 at the start of the Covid-19 pandemic without ever having worked in the telecommunications industry.