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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Massive scam campaign targeting big 4 Aussie banks revealed

More than 70,000 callback scam emails targeted Australians in July 2025 alone, according to new research.

SECURITY • Mon, 13 Oct 2025

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Qantas responds to hacked data dump, investigation continues

Australia’s national carrier is actively investigating more than 150 gigabytes of data published online by Scattered Lapsus$ Hunters.

SECURITY • Mon, 13 Oct 2025

AI in cyber security: Boon, risk, or both?

Artificial intelligence is transforming cyber security, but it also introduces new risks. For CISOs, the challenge is to harness AI’s power without creating fresh ...

SECURITY • Sun, 12 Oct 2025

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Cyber security as patient safety: Protecting healthcare in the digital age

As hospitals and healthcare providers race to digitise, cyber security has become inseparable from patient safety – for healthcare CISOs, defending data now means ...

SECURITY • Sun, 12 Oct 2025

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