KPMG Australia Scandal Widens After it Confirms Optus Data Was Misused

KPMG Australia staff shared sensitive information about telecom firm Optus with another internal team bidding for an audit contract for its rival Telstra in a breach of ethics, the firm’s chairman told a parliamentary hearing on Friday. The admission confirms …

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