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Assistant Treasurer Stephen Jones has done the media rounds selling the government’s tough new stance on fighting scammers and platforms that fail their customers.
David Hollingworth • Tue, 10 Sep 2024
Government explores AI regulation legislation, plans for ‘mandatory’ guardrails
The Australian government has announced plans to introduce artificial intelligence (AI) safety legislation to manage the development and use of AI.
Daniel Croft • Thu, 05 Sep 2024
Clearview AI declared ‘illegal’, fined €30.5m by Dutch watchdog
Controversial facial recognition software developer Clearview AI has been declared illegal and slapped with a €30.5 million (roughly $50.3 million) fine by the Dutch data ...
Daniel Croft • Wed, 04 Sep 2024
CrowdStrike to appear before Congress following global outage
CrowdStrike is set to appear before the US Congress to testify on the global IT outage that occurred as a result of a bad company software update.
Daniel Croft • Mon, 02 Sep 2024
AUCloud appoints Samantha Maher as head of government relations
The new appointment brings more than 30 years of policy and strategic communications experience to the role.
David Hollingworth • Thu, 29 Aug 2024
Australia appoints new ASD Director-General
Australia has appointed a new Director-General of the Australian Signals Directorate (ASD) as Rachel Noble PSM is set to stand down from the position.
Daniel Croft • Mon, 26 Aug 2024
US says Iran behind Trump campaign hack
The US government has stated that the cyber attack against Donald Trump’s presidential election campaigns, among other cyber operations, was conducted by Iran.
Daniel Croft • Wed, 21 Aug 2024
New Zealand Police reveals facial recognition policy
A new policy document released this month outlines the acceptable use of facial recognition technology in Kiwi law enforcement for the first time.
David Hollingworth • Wed, 21 Aug 2024
OAIC no longer pursuing Clearview AI for unsolicited use of Aussie faces
The Office of the Australian Information Commissioner (OAIC) has decided that it will no longer invest in pursuing Clearview AI for its use of images of Australian faces ...
Trustwave appointed to the Australian Defence Department’s ICTPA panel
The cyber security firm’s inclusion on the Information Communications Technology Provider Arrangement panel is a “significant milestone”.
ANZUS Treaty could be triggered by cyber attack, say Albanese and Luxon
Australia and New Zealand’s prime ministers have announced that a major cyber attack on either country could ignite a defence response from both.
Daniel Croft • Fri, 16 Aug 2024
Electronic Frontiers Australia questions government’s Trust Exchange program
EFA boss says new digital ID system would make Australia “the mother of all honeypots”.
David Hollingworth • Thu, 15 Aug 2024
Harris and Trump campaigns targeted by hackers as Iran ramps up election interference
The FBI is looking into both attacks on the Democrat and Republican hopefuls, while Iran doubles down on cyber influence operations.
David Hollingworth • Wed, 14 Aug 2024
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