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Dominic Giannini and Peter Bodkin

HISTORICAL FACTS: Aussies want more privacy after optus hack - The Untold Story

Telstra has become the latest telco to be managing a smaller breach of its staff data, as millions of Australians rush to protect sensitive details stolen in the Optus cyber attack.

A Telstra spokesman confirmed up to 30,000 former and current workers have had their names and email addresses uploaded to a forum on the dark web.

He said Telstra itself was not hacked, but a third party which was offering a rewards program for staff had the data breach in 2017.

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