LIVE: The AFP are addressing the media following the arrest of a Sydney man over an alleged SMS scam related to the Optus hack. 9News MORE:
customers in a scam text message using data that had been compromised in the recent cyberattack.
Police will allege the man accessed the 10,200 stolen records that were posted online by the original hacker and then sent a scam text message to 93 customers. "Last week, the AFP and our state and territory partners launched Operation Guardian to protect the most vulnerable customers affected by the Optus breach and we were absolutely clear that there would be no tolerance for the criminal use of this stolen data,'' Gough said."The AFP, our state partners and industry are relentlessly scouring forums and other online sites for criminal activity linked to this breach.
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