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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100,000 Optus customers launch class action over 2022 data breach

Law firm Slater & Gordon has today (21 April) announced a class action against Optus on behalf of 100,000 customers impacted by last year’s data breach.

SECURITY • Fri, 21 Apr 2023

Misconfigured server behind DC Health Benefit Exchange Authority data breach last month

Washington lawmakers are getting to the bottom of a data breach that saw tens of thousands of personal details leaked online — including their own.

GOVERNMENT • Thu, 20 Apr 2023

Hacker drama abounds as pro-Russian groups turn on each other

An apparent disagreement between a pair of pro-Russian hacking groups has led to the arrest of an 18-year-old Belarusian citizen.

SECURITY • Thu, 20 Apr 2023

Medusa threat actor boasts about spreading Microsoft’s Bing source code

The Medusa ransomware outfit is sharing what it claims to be the leaked source code of two of Microsoft’s Bing products — Bing Maps and Cortana.

TECH • Thu, 20 Apr 2023

Op-Ed: Operational technology under attack from rising cyber security threats

The past few months have seen cyber attacks hit nearly every single industry in Australia, across the government and the private sector.

TECH • Thu, 20 Apr 2023

1 in 4 law firms impacted by cyber incidents in the last 2 years, according to new report

A new report from an Australian cyber security company has revealed that a quarter of Australian law firms polled have suffered a security breach in the last two years.

SECURITY • Wed, 19 Apr 2023

Old routers are revealing important corporate secrets — is yours one of them?

A pair of security researchers recently lucked onto an alarming statistic — it would appear that perhaps half of the discarded routers currently on the second-hand market ...

TECH • Wed, 19 Apr 2023

UK warns of emerging cyber threats from Russian-backed threat actors

A UK cabinet minister is set to warn the country of the threat it is facing from “Wagner-like” hacking groups.

SECURITY • Wed, 19 Apr 2023

Op-Ed: Security and innovation — the balancing act for the next decade

Digital innovation has become a main driver of competitive advantage, no matter the size of an organisation. Business and technology leaders are under growing pressure to ...

SECURITY • Wed, 19 Apr 2023

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David Hollingworth

100,000 Optus customers launch class action over 2022 data breach

Misconfigured server behind DC Health Benefit Exchange Authority data breach last month

Hacker drama abounds as pro-Russian groups turn on each other

Medusa threat actor boasts about spreading Microsoft’s Bing source code

Op-Ed: Operational technology under attack from rising cyber security threats

1 in 4 law firms impacted by cyber incidents in the last 2 years, according to new report

Old routers are revealing important corporate secrets — is yours one of them?

UK warns of emerging cyber threats from Russian-backed threat actors

Op-Ed: Security and innovation — the balancing act for the next decade

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