Victims of the Optus data breach have started receiving a text message purportedly from hackers, demanding $2000 or their data will be sold off.

Around 9.8 million Aussies had their information breached in the cyber hack.

Amanda, an Optus customer, received a ransom text last night.

“The text scam through last night, just after I was doing school pick-up and it was pretty daunting when it came in,” she told Neil Breen.

She contacted Crime Stoppers, who advised her to make a report with ScamWatch.

Victims of Optus data hack are now receiving text messages from hackers demanding $2000AUD be paid into a CBA bank account, with threats their data will be sold for “fraudulent activity within 2 days.” ⁦@9NewsAUS⁩ pic.twitter.com/J57inlyyut

— Chris O’Keefe (@cokeefe9) September 27, 2022

Amanda has changed her details, including her licence number and Medicare numbers.

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