[Karupan]

This is bad. Australia isn't know for it's strong privacy laws anyway, but with the kind of data that's now available out there, ID theft is going to be a huge risk for almost half the country. Even if Optus gets sued, how the hell are people supposed to protect themselves?

[haser_au]

To protect themselves, I suspect services like "credit monitoring and alerting" services will see increased subscribers in coming months.

I'm in no way affiliated, but an example is https://www.equifax.com.au/lp/protect-your-identity

AUD$15 per month to tell you if your details are leaked or used to create an account in your name.

[peterkelly]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2017_Equifax_data_breach