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READ MOREOptus hack puts all Australia on alert, accountants in front line
The huge hack into Optus customer details late last week will affect everyone in Australia and puts accountants in the front line of fraud prevention, says one cyber security specialist.
He said risks from the breach went far beyond individual issues for the millions of Optus users whose personal information had been spilled because those details opened doors to much larger targets.
“This is one of the biggest hacks we've ever seen,” said Eftsure marketing manager Niek Dekker. “There's been some data losses with Microsoft and Facebook, but they are technology providers and actually don’t know all that much about you.”
However the Optus attack had much more potential with crucial identifiers in the data and the dangers to the Australian economy were being understated, he said.
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