Privacy Regulator’s Suit Could Mean Possible Huge Penalties for Optus Over 2022 Data Breach
Australia’s rules provide for fines of up to AUD 2.2 million per impacted customer. And the privacy regulator is seeking to treat each of the about 9.5 million Optus customers as an individual data breach for fine purposes, as it looks to make examples of some of the largest breach victims believed to have been negligent in their cybersecurity duties.