Here’s the latest on the Optus data breach from political reporter Jake Evans:
The federal government has released planned changes to telecommunications laws following the Optus data breach, which affected nearly 10 million customers and former customers.
Changes to telecommunications regulations will allow drivers licences and Medicare and passport numbers to be temporarily shared with financial services so they can implement enhanced monitoring for people affected by the Optus breach.
Optus will also be able to share that information with Commonwealth and state and territory agencies to assist in fraud detection.
Treasurer Jim Chalmers said the changes would help make customers affected by the breach safer.
“Financial institutions can play an important role in targeting their efforts towards protecting customers at greatest risk of fraudulent activity and scams in the wake of the recent Optus breach,” Mr Chalmers said.
“These new measures will assist in protecting customers from scams, and in system-wide fraud detection.”
