Purported Optus hacker releases 10,000 records including email addresses from defence and prime minister’s office

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Optus CEO says federal police are ‘all over’ post with ultimatum demanding $1m within four days after massive data breach

The chief executive of Optus, Kelly Bayer Rosmarin, says federal police are “all over” a post on an online forum which purported to have released 10,000 customer records from the recent data breach and threatened to release more until a $1m ransom is paid.

The post was later deleted, along with a claim the writer had deleted the data and would not sell it to anyone.

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