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An online figure who has identified themselves as the Optus hacker has apologised to the thousands of Australians who had their personal data leaked as they backtracked on their demand for a whopping sum of money.

The hacker behind the Optus data breach has released 10,000 customer records and has pledged to continue leaking the private information of other account holders if the telecommunications company does not pay AUD$1.5 million in Monero cryptocurrency.

It’s important both China and India play a “constructive role” in trying to de-escalate the conflict between Russia and Ukraine, Chair of Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security Peter Khalil says. “The statements both by the Chinese but also by Prime Minister Modi have been very encouraging,” he told Sky News Australia.