A leading South Australian cybercrime investigator warns it’s just a matter of time before recent data breaches at Optus and Medibank lead to a rise in identity theft or other scams.
Following high profile data breaches at Optus and Medibank, Chief Superintendent Adam Rice of SA Police’s Serious Crime Coordination Branch said he would expect to see an increase in identity theft if that data is sold.
“Those data breaches in recent times are significant – there’s millions of pieces of information that have been taken,” he said in an interview with InDaily.
“We’re not actually seeing a huge uptake in criminality linked to that release of information at the moment – but we expect over time that we will.
“It’s just a matter of time before those credentials will…
