Details of 30,000 staff leaked online in third-party data breach
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Telstra has confirmed some employee details have been released online after a 2017 data breach of a third-party rewards program.

The telco said staff names and email addresses were posted on a dark web forum and the leak related to up to 30,000 current and former employees..

In a statement, a Telstra spokesman blamed the recent Optus leak for the “attempt to profit”.
A Telstra shop in Sydney.
Telstra has confirmed 30,000 current and former staff have had basic details posted online. (Fairfax Media)

“We’ve been made aware of a data breach affecting a third party that included limited Telstra employee information from 2017,” a Telstra spokesman said.

“To be clear, it was not a breach of any Telstra systems.

“The data released is very basic in nature – limited to full names and email addresses used to sign up to the platform.

“No customer account information was included.

“We believe it’s been made available now in an attempt to profit from the Optus breach.

“The relevant authorities have been notified, we’ve let current employees know, and while the data is of minimal risk to former employees, we will attempt to notify them too.”

Following investigations, Optus said of the 9.8 million customers whose data was hacked, it believes 7.7 million do not need to replace documents.

The 2.1 million personal ID details include 150,000 passport and 50,000 Medicare numbers.

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