Optus ‘hacker’ pleads not guilty, gives his account

A former Optus employee and alleged hacker, bailed to appear before a Sydney court today, has told ZDNet Australia that he will not be making an appearance. He claims the idea that he hacked into an Optus database is a beat-up story aimed at scaring him away from an earlier claim of unfair dismissal against the carrier — the outcome of which is still pending