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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Qantas hackers dump more than 5m customer records to clear and dark web leak sites

After some initial confusion among the group, Scattered Lapsus$ Hunters publishes Qantas customer data to the open web.

SECURITY • Sat, 11 Oct 2025

Discord updates breach disclosure, government IDs of tens of thousands compromised

At least 70,000 government IDs used for age assurance were exposed in a third-party support breach impacting Discord users around the world.

SECURITY • Fri, 10 Oct 2025

FBI seizes clear web domain linked to Scattered Lapsus$ Hunters

BreachForums has been taken down once again, but hackers defy law enforcement as their dark web site remains.

SECURITY • Fri, 10 Oct 2025

Aussie power supply maker warns customers of possible phishing exposure

PowerShield gets on the front foot after phishing emails were potentially sent to clients and customers.

SECURITY • Thu, 09 Oct 2025

Telstra denies Scattered Lapsus$ Hunters hacking claim

Notorious hacking collective Scattered Lapsus$ Hunters claims to have millions of lines of customer data, but Aussie telco Telstra says all information was already public

SECURITY • Thu, 09 Oct 2025

Interview: Christian Morin on AI – ‘We cannot just use it without understanding what it truly is’

Cyber Daily chats with Genetec’s chief security officer and vice president of product engineering about artificial intelligence, the role of AI in physical security, and ...

SECURITY • Thu, 09 Oct 2025

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Western Sydney University vice-chancellor apologises for cyber lapses, says ‘risk will remain’

Western Sydney University’s vice-chancellor says no data was stolen after fraudulent emails claiming degrees had been revoked were sent from a university address.

SECURITY • Wed, 08 Oct 2025

CISA adds Zimbra Collaboration Suite bug to known exploited vulnerability catalogue

CVE-2025-27915 was used earlier this year to target the Brazilian military in a data theft attempt.

SECURITY • Wed, 08 Oct 2025

Exclusive: Qilin ransomware affiliate claims Asahi hack, Aussie data compromised

Australian employee data caught up in what the hacking group calls “a global information leak”, totalling an alleged 27 gigabytes of data.

SECURITY • Wed, 08 Oct 2025

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David Hollingworth

Qantas hackers dump more than 5m customer records to clear and dark web leak sites

Discord updates breach disclosure, government IDs of tens of thousands compromised

FBI seizes clear web domain linked to Scattered Lapsus$ Hunters

Aussie power supply maker warns customers of possible phishing exposure

Telstra denies Scattered Lapsus$ Hunters hacking claim

Interview: Christian Morin on AI – ‘We cannot just use it without understanding what it truly is’

Western Sydney University vice-chancellor apologises for cyber lapses, says ‘risk will remain’

CISA adds Zimbra Collaboration Suite bug to known exploited vulnerability catalogue

Exclusive: Qilin ransomware affiliate claims Asahi hack, Aussie data compromised

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