Abu Bakar Alam, the 19-year-old wrongly identified by Fairfax Media as suspected terrorist Numan Haider, has spoken to Fairfax Media radio station 3AW about his ordeal.

"I am gutted," Mr Alam said.

"This is going to take a while, but we're going to sit down as a family and work out what's going to be the best for us."

Mr Alam said he was considering taking legal action against Fairfax Media, publisher of this website.

Mr Alam's uncle told ABC Radio's PM program that the family first found out Mr Alam was on the front page of Fairfax Media newspapers when photos of him started appearing on social media, as the teenager was about to go to work at Hungry Jacks.