Singtel’s Australian Subsidiary Dialog Breached
Telecommunications giant Singtel has confirmed that another one of its Australian subsidiaries, Dialog, was the victim of a cyber attack just a week after the major breach at Australian telecoms operator, Optus.
Singtel reported to the Singapore stock exchange on Monday 10th October to confirm the cyber security attack. “Dialog, an Australia-based IT services consulting company, was acquired in April 2022 by NCSI Holdings Pte. Ltd., a subsidiary of NCS Pte Ltd, which is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Singtel. Dialog’s systems are completely independent from NCS, Optus and Singtel.
“There is no evidence there is any link between this incident and the recent event experienced by Optus,” says the statement... We contracted a leading cyber security specialist to work with our IT team to undertake a deep forensic investigation and continuous monitoring of the Dark Web. Our ongoing investigations showed no unauthorised downloading of data," Singtel said.
According to Singtel, an unauthorised party may have accessed company data and potentially affected 20 clients and 1,000 current employees. The company says that it detected unauthorised access on its servers and took quick action to shut down its systems as a preventative measure.
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