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2022_Optus_data_breach_ransom_note.png (435 × 229 pixels, file size: 98 KB, MIME type: image/png)

Summary

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Media data and Non-free use rationale
Description Note left by the perpetrator of the 2022 Optus data breach, on now-defunct website BreachForums.
Author or
copyright owner
Message was left anonymously, screenshot taken by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation.
Source (WP:NFCC#4) https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-09-27/optus-data-breach-cyber-attack-hacker-ransom-sorry/101476316
Use in article (WP:NFCC#7) 2022 Optus data breach
Purpose of use in article (WP:NFCC#8) To show the message on the article, which currently doesn't have an image and mentions a fair amount the ransom note. It would be good for readers to be able to see it.
Not replaceable with
free media because
(WP:NFCC#1)
No free version exists; the website is now defunct and is not archived.
Minimal use (WP:NFCC#3) The image was resized to remove any parts that aren't necessary.
Respect for
commercial opportunities
(WP:NFCC#2)
The website is now defunct, and there isn't much use to the ABC as the incident in question is months old. The ransom note is unlikely to be reported on again.
Fair useFair use of copyrighted material in the context of 2022 Optus data breach//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:2022_Optus_data_breach_ransom_note.pngtrue

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current00:00, 4 January 2024Thumbnail for version as of 00:00, 4 January 2024435 × 229 (98 KB)DatBot (talk | contribs)Reduce size of non-free image (BOT - disable)
06:35, 3 January 2024No thumbnail1,746 × 920 (1.09 MB)JML1148 (talk | contribs)Changing it so it is actually readable - cut out a large portion of the screenshot but leaving the useful, readable text.
00:00, 20 May 2023No thumbnail465 × 215 (95 KB)DatBot (talk | contribs)Reduce size of non-free image (BOT - disable)
07:16, 19 May 2023No thumbnail1,585 × 733 (671 KB)JML1148 (talk | contribs){{Non-free use rationale software screenshot | Description = Note left by the perpetrator of the 2022 Optus data breach, on now-defunct website BreachForums. | Author = Message was left anonymously, screenshot taken by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation. | Source = https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-09-27/optus-data-breach-cyber-attack-hacker-ransom-sorry/101476316 | Article = 2022 Optus data breach | Purpose = To show the message...

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