David Hollingworth

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David Hollingworth has been writing about technology for over 20 years, and has worked for a range of print and online titles in his career. He is enjoying getting to grips with cyber security, especially when it lets him talk about Lego.

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Downtime costs Australian organisations more than $1m per incident

New research reveals the growing costs of digital incidents, with an automation gap to blame for expensive outages.

DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION • Mon, 01 Jul 2024

Have I Been Pwned reveals more than 17m people were impacted by Ticketek data breach

Subscribers to an Australian security researcher’s data breach monitoring site received emails today warning of the full extent of the breach.

SECURITY • Fri, 28 Jun 2024

Microsoft warns more customers of Russian hackers accessing their emails

The software giant has sent out a second round of alerts in the wake of a 2023 cyber attack by Russian threat actor Midnight Blizzard.

SECURITY • Fri, 28 Jun 2024

HWL Ebsworth hit with new complaint over major data hack

The privacy watchdog has received a representative complaint against HWL Ebsworth over its 2023 data hack.

SECURITY • Fri, 28 Jun 2024

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Domestic airline passengers urged to change passwords following fake Wi-Fi scam

The Australian Federal Police has charged a 42-year-old for allegedly creating fake Wi-Fi networks to steal personal data.

SECURITY • Fri, 28 Jun 2024

Australian service personnel can now add digital veteran cards to their MyGov wallet

The Commonwealth government has announced that the nation’s almost 300,000 Veteran Card holders can now add their cards to the MyGov app.

DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION • Thu, 27 Jun 2024

Aussie broadcaster Channel Seven’s YouTube channels replaced with Elon Musk crypto scams

Footage of AI-generated Elon Musk crypto-scam videos flood Channel Seven’s YouTube brands as channels are taken offline.

SECURITY • Thu, 27 Jun 2024

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Neiman Marcus customer data potentially sold as US shopping icon confirms data breach

Luxury shopping brand Neiman Marcus sends letters to customers confirming a data breach affecting more than 64,000 – and the data may already have been sold.

SECURITY • Thu, 27 Jun 2024

Exclusive: Aussie order-ahead app Hey You hit by an alleged data breach affecting more than 100k

Hacker claims to have the details of more than 100,000 Hey You customers and partners, including emails and passwords.

SECURITY • Wed, 26 Jun 2024

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Downtime costs Australian organisations more than $1m per incident

Have I Been Pwned reveals more than 17m people were impacted by Ticketek data breach

Microsoft warns more customers of Russian hackers accessing their emails

HWL Ebsworth hit with new complaint over major data hack

Domestic airline passengers urged to change passwords following fake Wi-Fi scam

Australian service personnel can now add digital veteran cards to their MyGov wallet

Aussie broadcaster Channel Seven’s YouTube channels replaced with Elon Musk crypto scams

Neiman Marcus customer data potentially sold as US shopping icon confirms data breach

Exclusive: Aussie order-ahead app Hey You hit by an alleged data breach affecting more than 100k

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