Australia to change privacy rules after Optus cyber-attack

CANBERRA: Australia: After hackers targeted Optus, the country's second-largest telecoms firm, Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said the country will change privacy rules to force companies that experience cyber-attacks to quickly notify banks.

Last week, Optus, which is owned by Singapore Telecoms Ltd, said the home addresses, drivers' licences and passport numbers of up to 10 million customers, or so