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Australian Federal Police outline FBI collaboration on Singtel Optus data-breach investigation

( November 8, 2022, 00:11 GMT | Official Statement) -- MLex Summary: Australian Federal Police are receiving assistance from the US Federal Bureau of Investigation in identifying the perpetrator or perpetrators responsible for telecom operator Singtel Optus' mass data breach in September. In an opening statement to an Australian parliamentary committee budget hearing today, AFP Commissioner Reece Kershaw said a Sydney man was recently charged for allegedly attempting to blackmail Optus customers and faces up to 10 years imprisonment. An excerpt from AFP Commissioner Reece Kershaw: Senate Estimates Opening Statement follows....

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