REPORTER : “Were you hacked”?

OPTUS CEO : “We find no evidence of spyware”

REPORTER HEADLINE : Optus not hacked

MEANWHILE ON REDDIT : the public are so gullible and reporters don’t realise rootkits and ransomware are also a type of hacking

A good reporter would say – I never asked about spyware – I asked about hacking in general, because after your recent data breach it is obvious you have some gremlins still playing in your networks and anyone with a basic understanding of IT knows that when you get hacked there is no way to ensure no backdoors were left hidden in the network unless you rebuild a new network from the ground up

https://7news.com.au/technology/optus/optus-responds-to-major-nationwide-outage-affecting-millions-of-australian-customers-c-12479847