Australia's Optus says 'deeply sorry' for cyberattack

FILE PHOTO A woman uses her mobile phone as she walks past in front of an Optus shop in Sydney Australia February 8 2018. REUTERSDaniel MunozFile Photo

FILE PHOTO: A woman uses her mobile phone as she walks past in front of an Optus shop in Sydney, Australia, February 8, 2018. REUTERS/Daniel Munoz/File Photo

MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Australia's second-largest telcoms firm Optus, owned by Singapore Telecommunications, on Saturday ran a full-page apology in major newspapers for a "devastating" cyberattack 10 days ago and pointed affected customers to a new help site.

"We're deeply sorry that a cyberattack has happened on our watch," the company said in the notice.

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