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Gladys Berejiklians background in crisis management is an asset to Optus amid the telcos data breach saga, says former New South Wales police commissioner Mick Fuller.

Health Minister Mark Butler says he is concerned Optus did not notify the government that Medicare details had been leaked in last weeks massive data breach. 

A class action could be launched against Optus following a massive data breach that compromised the personal information of nearly ten million customers across the country.

A malicious user is threatening to reveal private information about millions of Australians if Optus doesn't pay $1 million in cryptocurrency, which they say they got through a sophisticated hack.

Optus CEO Kelly Bayer Rosmarin has tearfully apologised to Optus customers who found out about a major cyberattack in the media rather than being notified by the carrier.

Sensitive information about almost 10 million Australian telecoms subscribers may have been compromised by a massive hack of the country's second-largest provider, the firm revealed Friday.