Optus 'deeply sorry' for data breach

Shoppers walk past an Optus store in Sydney.
Optus is continuing to apologise to millions of customers whose identity data was stolen by hackers. -AAP Image

Telco Optus has taken out full-page ads to apologise to customers as the fallout continues from a massive data breach affecting millions of Australians.

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