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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Exclusive: Mt Hira College suffers alleged student email data breach

A poster on a popular hacking forum claims to have a database of more than 700 student emails and unencrypted passwords belonging to a Victorian Islamic college.

SECURITY • Tue, 30 Apr 2024

Dragos and Sekuro announce new OT security partnership

The new operational technology partnership comes as attacks against Australian critical infrastructure rise.

SECURITY • Tue, 30 Apr 2024

Introducing Muddling Meerkat – a new threat actor controlling the Great Firewall of China

The newly discovered PRC-backed threat actor uses “sophisticated DNS activities” to probe networks all over the globe.

SECURITY • Mon, 29 Apr 2024

X is failing in Australia – could eSafety stoush be the last straw?

As Elon Musk’s X continues to fight in censorship row, the company records a mere four-figure profit in Australia. But will he ever call it quits?

CULTURE • Mon, 29 Apr 2024

SSS Australia falls victim to Hunters International ransomware gang

Hunters International posts nearly 70 gigabytes of data, totalling more than 60,000 individual files, belonging to an Australian healthcare supplier.

SECURITY • Mon, 29 Apr 2024

Australians increasingly concerned over impact of deepfakes on elections

Deepfakes and other AI-powered technologies are front of mind in this “critical election year”.

CULTURE • Mon, 29 Apr 2024

Australia records 388% quarter-on-quarter jump in compromised accounts

A staggering 1.8 million Australian user accounts have been leaked in data breaches in the first three months of 2024.

SECURITY • Fri, 26 Apr 2024

TikTok now has 12 months to be divested from its Chinese owner or face total US ban

The US Senate has passed new TikTok legislation as a part of a long-awaited US$95 billion foreign aid package.

GOVERNMENT • Fri, 26 Apr 2024

Ring fined US$5.6m by US FTC over poor security and spying incidents

The Federal Trade Commission has formally charged Amazon’s smart doorbell subsidiary for “compromising its customers’ privacy”.

TECH • Fri, 26 Apr 2024