Optus’s Cyber-Security Fumble: A Comedy of Errors or Murphy’s Law in Action?
Aussie telecom titan, Optus, fumbled its game of cloak-and-dagger with a report on the 2022 cyber-attack. A judge peeked at the secret, rejecting legal privilege claims. Now, this “Optus Data Breach Investigation” might become public in a class action suit, unless Optus can pull a legal rabbit out of its hat. Cue CEO juggling this and a network outage!
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Optus, the Australian telecom giant, didn't quite manage to play hide-and-seek successfully with a report that potentially reveals all the juicy details of their 2022 cyber-attack. A federal court judge took a peek and said, "Nope, no legal privilege here!" Now, the cat might be let out of the bag in a class action lawsuit, unless Optus can convince the court that some parts of the report are indeed privileged. Meanwhile, Optus's CEO is juggling this hot potato while dealing with fallout from a 14-hour network outage. Makes you wonder – is there a cybersecurity version of Murphy's Law?Already a member? Log in here