Australia news live: Optus fined $800k over phone scam; NSW targets ‘dehumanising’ work systems such as Amazon’s

The telco pays up after scammers exploited ID check weakness at subsidiary Coles Mobile. Follow today’s news liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastGood morning and...

By Martin Farrer · The Guardian World

The telco pays up after scammers exploited ID check weakness at subsidiary Coles Mobile. Follow today’s news live Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast Good morning and welcome to our live news blog. I’m Martin Farrer with the best of the overnight stories before passing the news baton to Nick Visser . Optus has been fined $826,320 after a subsidiary, Coles Mobile, was targeted by scammers who exploited a weakness in third-party ID checks and gained control of at least four mobile accounts, stealing $39,000 from bank accounts. More details shortly. Continue reading...