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The latest Ookla Speedtest Global Index report reveals that Australian broadband speeds have gotten worse compared to the rest of the world.

The identity of nearly one in two Australians has been embroiled in several high-profile cybersecurity breaches spanning telecommunications, health and retail this year.

A leading technology and regulation lawyer says Optus is likely to feel more financial pain from being forced to compensate data breach victims than from fines available under the Privacy Act.

A settlement could well be worth billions, eclipsing the current record of $494 million paid to 10,000 victims of Victoria’s 2009 Black Saturday bushfires.

Optus took out a full-page ad in the major newspapers on Saturday to apologise for the cyberattack and to encourage people to visit its website to learn more about suitable steps to protect themselves.

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese took to Parliament to state that the telco should pay for victims to obtain new passports.

Some Australian businesses are taking the opportunity to remind customers of their own robust security systems in the wake of the Optus hack.

Australian states and territories have been scrambling to change their driver's licence renewal policies in the wake of the Optus hack.

An account claiming to have hacked Optus has deleted its extortion threat and apologised, not long after releasing a data set it claimed belonged to 10,000 customers.

As a result of the hack, many Optus customers have been keen to change their passports and licences as a safety measure, but it's not the easiest or cheapest process.