Optus Data Breach History

This page tracks the Optus data breach history and cybersecurity incidents affecting Optus (Australia). BreachHistory currently indexes 2 publicly disclosed or catalogued incidents spanning 2022, with approximately 20.8 million records reported as exposed across all indexed events. These totals may include overlapping datasets or third-party estimates and should not be interpreted as unique affected users.

The Optus breach timeline includes major data breaches, cyber attacks, data leaks, credential exposures, API abuse, and other security incidents. Each incident provides details on the estimated records exposed, attack method, affected data types, and supporting public sources. Currently, 0 incidents are company-confirmed.

Largest Optus Data Breaches

The largest indexed incidents include the 2022 API misconfiguration — 11M customers and the 2022 — Optus: Hacking, 9,800,000 records. Record counts originating from threat actors or leak sites should be treated as estimates unless confirmed by Optus or a regulator. Below is the list of large data breaches:

• 2022 2022 API misconfiguration — 11M customers — about 11.0M records exposed · Catalogued incident
• 2022 2022 — Optus: Hacking, 9,800,000 records — about 9.8M records exposed · Catalogued incident

What Information Was Exposed?

Depending on the incident, exposed data may include email addresses, phone numbers, names, health and medical (PHI) records, dates of birth, and other personal information (PII). The exact data varies between incidents, so review each breach page before assuming your information was affected.

Optus Data Breach 2026

At the time of this update, no Optus data breach has been catalogued for 2026. New incidents are added as official disclosures, regulatory filings, or credible cybersecurity reports become available.

What To Do If You Were Affected

If you believe your account may have been involved in a Optus data breach, change any reused passwords, enable multi-factor authentication (MFA), monitor your account for suspicious activity, and be cautious of phishing emails or fake breach notifications.

This Optus breach history is maintained by BreachHistory using public disclosures, regulatory filings, security research, and clearly labelled third-party claims. For the complete breach timeline, records exposed, incident details, and AI Breach Risk Score, explore the sections on this page.