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New comment by tonteldoos in "9M Australians affected by Optus data breach"

tonteldoos — Mon, 26 Sep 2022 07:54:21 +0000

Luckily (buried at the bottom of their announcement), at least for the moment sim swaps, ports, etc are in-person, in-store with physical ID only.

New comment by tonteldoos in "9M Australians affected by Optus data breach"

tonteldoos — Sun, 25 Sep 2022 11:08:22 +0000

My main concern is that, with ID, it becomes possible to do a Sim swap or number port, which would be the start of a heap of nightmares. Luckily, buried at the bottom of Optus' announcement, they mention that (for the moment) those can now only be done in person, in-store, with physical ID.

For the other stuff (address, name, DoB)...what are the things nearly everyone asks when you ring to make account changes, to verify you are you..

I'd be careful with the home address too (although you should be ok). I moved around a bit a few years ago, and lost track of where I'd updated my address. It was usually as simple as 'I think my most recent address with you is X, can you please update it to Y', and as long as the other stuff checked out, no questions were asked.

And yeah, I had to laugh about that press release :/

Still no email this side. No news is good news, right?

New comment by tonteldoos in "9M Australians affected by Optus data breach"

tonteldoos — Sat, 24 Sep 2022 23:25:47 +0000

Ah man, I'm sorry to hear that. No emails here yet, but not to say I'm not in the category one down yet (which is only slightly less bad).

I'm starting to worry about the general public's understanding of the ramifications of this. When it first broke, I was pretty upset, and my partner (well educated, and with me long enough to understand some things about breaches) thought my concerns and anger at optus was excessive. It's only after I explained to her in some detail a few scenarios of what could happen with the information, that she asked questions about what we should be doing.

I think we'll be seeing fallout from this for years to come.

New comment by tonteldoos in "9M Australians affected by Optus data breach"

tonteldoos — Sat, 24 Sep 2022 13:11:13 +0000

Based on one newer article I've seen, leaked data dates back to 2017, so...

No idea how accurate this is just yet though.

They claim to have started notifying people today (Saturday), with customers with most amount of info leaked being prioritised. Supposedly if you've had ID information stolen, you'll know today. Fingers crossed.

New comment by tonteldoos in "9M Australians affected by Optus data breach"

tonteldoos — Thu, 22 Sep 2022 12:52:32 +0000

All it takes to register a new number here, are your details including name, DoB, physical address (all the complete ones leaked), the type of ID used (passport, drivers license) and the number on that ID. You can do it in about 5 minutes online, and the number is then active (but not before).

Not even a copy of the document is required, and it doesn't have to be sighted by anyone. From memory, you don't even have to supply the expiry date on the document (and driver's license numbers remain static).

One of the first things I see happening, is criminals using this to obtain burner numbers not traceable to them.

New comment by tonteldoos in "9M Australians affected by Optus data breach"

tonteldoos — Thu, 22 Sep 2022 11:56:32 +0000

This just twigged something for me - there is now enough information available to easily do number ports, giving someone else control of the number used for MFA. Anything that relies on your number to verify account actions, transactions, etc is now at risk.

New comment by tonteldoos in "9M Australians affected by Optus data breach"

tonteldoos — Thu, 22 Sep 2022 08:34:49 +0000

And why, oh why, are past customers in there. I'm a current one, but even 'not being with them' doesn't necessarily exclude you from this.

New comment by tonteldoos in "9M Australians affected by Optus data breach"

tonteldoos — Thu, 22 Sep 2022 08:29:45 +0000

OP here.

Some more information here (not my preferred source, but oh well): https://www.news.com.au/technology/online/hacking/up-to-9-mi...

It seems around 2.8m have had 'all' data stolen (including ID, address, etc), and around 7m 'just' names, DoB and numbers/e-mail addresses.

Apparently Optus is working on sending personalised details to customers.

What a monumental stuff up.

9M Australians affected by Optus data breach

tonteldoos — Thu, 22 Sep 2022 05:18:30 +0000

Article URL: https://www.optus.com.au/about/media-centre/media-releases/2022/09/optus-notifies-customers-of-cyberattack

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32935046

Points: 136

# Comments: 100

New comment by tonteldoos in "Toyota 'reviewing' key fob remote start subscription plan after blowback"

tonteldoos — Fri, 24 Dec 2021 04:08:29 +0000

Unless you park uphill/downhill, and leave it in first as an added safety measure with the parking brake...

New comment by tonteldoos in "Ask HN: How did you teach your baby children to count?"

tonteldoos — Thu, 23 Dec 2021 01:55:56 +0000

The count... Seriously though, like another poster said, repetition is key. They eventually develop context around it as well.

Infographics on film, television and sports' finest moments

tonteldoos — Fri, 17 Dec 2021 04:13:08 +0000

Article URL: https://www.visu.info/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29587650

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

I want that on a t-shirt (2019)

tonteldoos — Fri, 05 Nov 2021 05:00:43 +0000

Article URL: https://gizmodo.com/i-want-that-on-a-t-shirt-1840273177

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29115630

Points: 5

# Comments: 1

Mobile tower metadata helped find abducted 4yo girl in Western Australia

tonteldoos — Thu, 04 Nov 2021 21:44:25 +0000

Article URL: https://www.news.com.au/national/western-australia/inside-the-lucky-break-that-helped-lead-police-to-missing-cleo-smith/news-story/37af386fec89282b59304bd4da5166a0

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29112874

Points: 10

# Comments: 0

The Ocean Cleanup Products

tonteldoos — Wed, 03 Nov 2021 01:26:06 +0000

Article URL: https://products.theoceancleanup.com/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29090028

Points: 1

# Comments: 0

New comment by tonteldoos in "Ask HN: Best Keyboard for Programming in 2021?"

tonteldoos — Wed, 03 Nov 2021 00:10:53 +0000

I'm pretty certain I'll get burned at the stake for saying this, but similar to another poster - the one that works.

I spent hundreds playing with mechanical keyboards, used company issued ones, etc... But I'm now on my second Apple magic (on non-apple machines), and won't go back. Good tactile feedback, quiet (for my coworkers), flat (easy on my wrists), loooong battery life (no cables), light & small (to take home with my laptop).

New comment by tonteldoos in "ReMarkable launches Connect cloud service, offers free upgrade to existing users"

tonteldoos — Fri, 22 Oct 2021 04:45:28 +0000

Check the terms - if you already own them, you're grandfathered into the Connect (highest tier) package for free (for now, at any rate).

I recently got a second hand remarkable, and absolutely love it, but not sure how I feel about them pulling this sneaky (however justified it may be). It's not that my assets are in jeopardy, but I'm slowly developing a whole new workflow, which I don't want upended 12 months from now if they decide to charge everyone...

New comment by tonteldoos in "We deserve better than Confluence and Notion"

tonteldoos — Tue, 28 Sep 2021 06:04:05 +0000

Oddly, to your first point, I've had exactly the opposite experience. Came from a company that used sharepoint for almost everything, that I referred to as /dev/null - if you didn't know EXACTLY what you were looking for, search was useless after you uploaded or created something. It was not uncommon for the document with matching search terms in the title, to show up on page 3 of the results. Moved to a company that used Confluence for almost everything (there was already a fair bit of content), and search was an absolute dream. Even with terrible search terms, the page (or document) you were looking for was invariably in the first 3 results.

New comment by tonteldoos in "Ask HN: Books that impacted your work that few other people seem to care about?"

tonteldoos — Wed, 08 Sep 2021 04:40:41 +0000

Orbiting the Giant Hairball (Gordon MacKenzie). I gave my copy to someone, and never got it back, but would love to read it again. Not one thing in particular stuck, but the book as a whole provided some interesting insights on working for big companies as a 'creative' (yes, programmers are creative) individual.

New comment by tonteldoos in "Filofax/Diary Insert Templates"

tonteldoos — Mon, 30 Aug 2021 04:25:07 +0000

Awesome link! I'll definitely check it out. I recently got myself a reMarkable 2, and was looking for a PDF diary template (which I then annotate), in lieu of the ability to update actual notebook templates on the reMarkable. This also gives me a full diary, rather than having to create one as I go.