A Sydney man has beenΒ sentencedΒ to an 18-month Community Correction Order (CCO) and 100 hours of community service for attempting to take advantage of the Optus data breach last year to blackmail its customers.
The unnamed individual, 19 whenΒ arrested in October 2022Β and now 20, used the leaked records stolen from the security lapse to orchestrate an SMS-based extortion scheme.
The suspect