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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Final Fantasy XIV video game hit by multiple DDoS attacks

A popular online JRPG experiences disruptions across multiple regions as players can’t get into the game.

CULTURE • Fri, 10 May 2024

Dell warns of data breach affecting 49m customers

The computing giant has sent emails to its customers warning of a breach affecting names, addresses, and PC hardware details, with some Australian customers impacted.

SECURITY • Fri, 10 May 2024

Exclusive: EMBARGO ransomware gang publishes Firstmac customer data

Firstmac’s hackers have published customer transaction details, addresses, loan data, and more in a 500-gigabyte data leak.

SECURITY • Thu, 09 May 2024

Report: Australian businesses less likely to report ransomware attacks

One in 10 Australian organisations hit by ransomware attacks do not report the incident.

SECURITY • Thu, 09 May 2024

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Patient data published following INC Ransom attack on NHS Dumfries and Galloway

The INC Ransom ransomware gang has leaked a massive data set – including children’s mental health records – onto its dark web leak site.

SECURITY • Thu, 09 May 2024

CrowdStrike announces Falcon for Defender

The new security tool from CrowdStrike is designed to work side by side with Microsoft Defender.

SECURITY • Wed, 08 May 2024

Cyber attack ruled out in UniSuper outage

Google Cloud admits to “inadvertent misconfiguration” leading to disruption of the Australian superannuation firm’s online services.

TECH • Wed, 08 May 2024

NRS Healthcare struck by RansomHub cyber attack

A ransomware attack has disrupted a UK healthcare equipment provider’s operations and taken some services offline.

SECURITY • Wed, 08 May 2024

Australia joins US, UK governments in sanctioning LockBit hacker

Dmitry Yuryevich Khoroshev has been named as ransomware mastermind, with a US$10 million bounty placed on his arrest.

GOVERNMENT • Tue, 07 May 2024

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David Hollingworth

Final Fantasy XIV video game hit by multiple DDoS attacks

Dell warns of data breach affecting 49m customers

Exclusive: EMBARGO ransomware gang publishes Firstmac customer data

Report: Australian businesses less likely to report ransomware attacks

Patient data published following INC Ransom attack on NHS Dumfries and Galloway

CrowdStrike announces Falcon for Defender

Cyber attack ruled out in UniSuper outage

NRS Healthcare struck by RansomHub cyber attack

Australia joins US, UK governments in sanctioning LockBit hacker

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