Australian telecom Optus suffers a cyberattack, potentially giving the hacker access to data on up to 9.8M customers, per the CEO; the police are investigating (Alice Uribe/Wall Street Journal)

Angus Whitley / Bloomberg:
As the Optus hacker appears to release data of 10,000 customers, Optus CEO Kelly Bayer Rosmarin says the Australian police are investigating a ransom demand  —  Australian mobile-phone company Optus said authorities are investigating an online ransom demand following a major data hack …

Josh Taylor / The Guardian:
Australian telco Optus, which has suffered a massive cyberattack, has repeatedly opposed changes to privacy laws to give customers more rights over their data  —  In its submission to Privacy Act review telco said giving people right to erase personal data would involve ‘significant’ hurdles and costs

Foo Yun Chee / Reuters:
Deutsche Telekom, Orange, Telefonica, Vodafone, and 12 other European telecoms argue that Meta, Google, Netflix, and other US giants should share network costs  —  Deutsche Telekom (DTEGn.DE), Orange (ORAN.PA), Telefonica (TEF.MC) and 13 other European telecoms providers on Monday …

Clothilde Goujard / Politico:
The US’ candidate to lead the UN’s International Telecommunication Union, which sets global tech and telecom standards, beat Russia’s by 139 to 25 votes  —  BUCHAREST — A top U.S. official won a massive majority to lead the United Nations agency that sets global standards for telecoms and tech infrastructure.

Renju Jose / Reuters:
Australia proposes changes to its consumer privacy rules post the Optus hack, enabling telcos to share IDs with banks for better monitoring during data breaches  —  Australia on Thursday proposed an overhaul of consumer privacy rules that will help facilitate targeted data sharing between …

New York Times:
Uber is investigating a breach of its computer systems, saying a hacker compromised a worker’s Slack account and also gained access to other internal systems  —  The company said on Thursday that it was looking into the scope of the apparent hack.  —  Uber’s computer network was breached on Thursday …