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📡 Telco — data breaches

3 records in the telco sector across New Zealand and Australia.

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iiNet (TPG Telecom)
🇦🇺 Australia · breach 2025-08
● Disclosed
People affected
280,000 (approx)
Data taken
Email addresses, usernames, phone numbers; some modem setup passwords
Regulator
OAIC (notified)
Trust tier
Reported
Source: The Register · View record →
Telstra (unlisted-number disclosure)
🇦🇺 Australia · breach 2022-12
● Resolved
People affected
132,000 (approx)
Data taken
Names, addresses and phone numbers of customers who had paid for unlisted (silent) numbers
Regulator
ACMA (regulator action)
Trust tier
Confirmed
Source: ACMA · View record →
Optus
🇦🇺 Sydney, NSW · breach 2022-09
● Before the courts
People affected
9,500,000 (approx)
Data taken
Names, dates of birth, phone numbers, email addresses, Driver licence, passport and Medicare numbers (subset of customers)
Regulator
OAIC
Trust tier
Confirmed
Source: OAIC · View record →
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