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: Hacker behind Reynella East College hack dumps hundreds of gigabytes of alleged teacher, student data on dark web

Staff and student passport scans have been posted to the dark web, with hackers boasting compromise of “contracts, financial reports, personal data, student and staff ...

SECURITY • Wed, 24 Jun 2026

Privacy commissioner rules Medmate and Monash IVF breached privacy law through tracking pixels

Landmark determinations against a pair of medical websites find that health providers must obtain consent before collecting sensitive information for targeted advertising

GOVERNMENT • Wed, 24 Jun 2026

The industry reacts to the Five Eyes call to action on AI security

Five Eyes cyber leaders have warned that governments and businesses must act now ahead of a looming wave of AI-driven security risks – here’s what the industry has to say

SECURITY • Wed, 24 Jun 2026

Exclusive: Data belonging to Aussie testing firm ALS Global makes its way to the dark web following May incident disclosure

The Aur0ra ransomware group has published employee data, passwords, banking details, and testing records from an Australian company with a massive global footprint.

SECURITY • Wed, 24 Jun 2026

Exclusive: National Portrait Gallery of Australia investigating data breach claims

Threat actor 2019 posts alleged National Portrait Gallery customer and client data to undergound hacking forum; names, emails, and location data potentially compromised

SECURITY • Tue, 23 Jun 2026

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Civil liberties organisation rails against deployment of facial recognition tech by WA Police

The Western Australia Police Force will roll out live facial recognition in public spaces on 1 July, and Electronic Frontiers Australia calls the move “an outrageous act ...

TECH • Tue, 23 Jun 2026

Australian Computer Society appoints former president Prins Ralston as chief executive

Tech industry body Australian Computer Society confirms interim leader as permanent CEO, citing deep ties to the organisation.

SECURITY • Tue, 23 Jun 2026

AI is ‘rapidly transforming’ cyber security risk, Five Eyes agencies warn

Australia joins alliance members to warn of the need for swift action to “remain ahead” of AI risk, as one expert warns that this is a problem we cannot patch our way out ...

SECURITY • Tue, 23 Jun 2026

Global law enforcement operation disrupts SocGholish malware, more than 14k WordPress sites remediated

Operation Endgame targets malware used by Evil Corp hackers – 106 servers and domains were taken down – with assistance from Aussie authorities.

SECURITY • Mon, 22 Jun 2026

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Exclusive: Hacker behind Reynella East College hack dumps hundreds of gigabytes of alleged teacher, student data on dark web

Privacy commissioner rules Medmate and Monash IVF breached privacy law through tracking pixels

The industry reacts to the Five Eyes call to action on AI security

Exclusive: Data belonging to Aussie testing firm ALS Global makes its way to the dark web following May incident disclosure

Exclusive: National Portrait Gallery of Australia investigating data breach claims

Civil liberties organisation rails against deployment of facial recognition tech by WA Police

Australian Computer Society appoints former president Prins Ralston as chief executive

AI is ‘rapidly transforming’ cyber security risk, Five Eyes agencies warn

Global law enforcement operation disrupts SocGholish malware, more than 14k WordPress sites remediated

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