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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ALPHV’s TissuPath data breach is worse than you think, with over 700,000 files leaked

Detailed patient records have been published on the dark web, including cancer diagnoses and detailed medical and personal data.

SECURITY • Wed, 06 Sep 2023

OAIC’s latest data breaches report card finds Aussie companies can do better

The Office of the Australian Information Commissioner (OAIC) has released its latest Notifiable Data Breaches Report for the year to June 2023, alongside a commentary ...

SECURITY • Tue, 05 Sep 2023

ASEAN countries begin talks on landmark Digital Economy Framework Agreement

Economic ministers of the Association of South-East Asian Nations have gathered in Jakarta to begin negotiating a world-first “digital economy agreement”.

DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION • Tue, 05 Sep 2023

Freecycle admits to data breach affecting more than 7m users

“Grassroots” second-hand trading platform Freecycle has suffered a data breach that has seen the details of over 7 million of its users posted on a popular hacking forum

SECURITY • Tue, 05 Sep 2023

Seasons Darling Harbour’s accounts and financial data published on darknet

LockBit 3.0 continues its ransomware spree, this time publishing data from a compromised system belonging to Seasons Darling Harbour, part of the Seasons Apartment Hotel ...

SECURITY • Mon, 04 Sep 2023

Apple opens rego for Security Research Device program

Want to get a free iPhone just so you can hack the device? Apple’s got you covered.

TECH • Mon, 04 Sep 2023

Aussie patient data breached in TissuPath Pathology third-party hack

The ALPHV ransomware gang has struck at a Melbourne pathology firm, getting away with detailed patient records after utilising a third-party supplier’s login details to ...

SECURITY • Mon, 04 Sep 2023

Telstra subsidiary caught up in spy-for-hire operation

Telstra’s Digicel Pacific operation has been used by spy firms to track mobile phone users as far away as Africa, according to a report from the Organized Crime and ...

SECURITY • Fri, 01 Sep 2023

Five Eyes warns of new Russian campaign targeting Android devices in Ukraine

Cyber security and law enforcement agencies from the UK, Australia, New Zealand, the US, and Canada have picked up on a new campaign by a Russian-backed threat actor ...