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A number of US government agencies have been named the latest victims of the MOVEit file transfer cyber attack that occurred late last month.
Daniel Croft • Mon, 08 Dec 2025
Concerns of government data exposed in hack, Home Affairs establishes crisis group
Following the major attack by Russian hackers on Australian law firm HWL Ebsworth, a government crisis group has been formed to establish what federal data has been ...
Daniel Croft • Fri, 16 Jun 2023
China-based threat actor likely behind Barracuda ESG exploit
Barracuda Networks has released an update regarding the vulnerability affecting one of its email security gateway (ESG) appliances.
David Hollingworth • Fri, 16 Jun 2023
HWL Ebsworth secures court order to prevent hackers releasing stolen info
Following the Russian cyber attack on its systems that led to third-party data being released, Australian law firm HWL Ebsworth (HWLE) has successfully secured an NSW ...
Daniel Croft • Wed, 14 Jun 2023
Sydney’s Cross City Tunnel attacked by Russian state-sponsored hackers
An attack on Australian critical infrastructure has been launched by Russian-state backed hackers, with the operator of Sydney’s Cross City Tunnel reporting that it had ...
Tasmanian government reports possible data breach linked to HWL Ebsworth hack
The Tasmanian government is reporting that the federal government has been in touch regarding a possible leak of government data on the dark web, linked to the hack of ...
David Hollingworth • Mon, 12 Jun 2023
ChatGPT sued for defamation
In an unprecedented case, a man has sued ChatGPT and its creator, OpenAI, for defamation after he claimed that the chatbot falsely identified a man related to an ongoing ...
Daniel Croft • Fri, 09 Jun 2023
Microsoft fined $30m for the illegal collection of child data
US technology giant Microsoft has been slapped with a $30 million fine after it was found harvesting the data of children via their Xbox accounts illegally.
Daniel Croft • Thu, 08 Jun 2023
ACT government falls victim to Barracuda email gateway breach
The ACT government has announced it is undertaking an investigation into a data breach following the revelation that a piece of its network infrastructure was compromised ...
David Hollingworth • Thu, 08 Jun 2023
AI development should require a license, says UK's Labour Party
Organisations looking to develop artificial intelligence (AI) should be required to hold a license to do so. These are comments made by the UK Labour Party’s digital ...
Daniel Croft • Tue, 06 Jun 2023
Australian government releases discussion paper on the responsible use of AI
The federal government has released a discussion paper today (1 June), seeking comments on ways it can mitigate the risks of artificial intelligence (AI) while still ...
David Hollingworth • Thu, 01 Jun 2023
Aus government received user data from Meta and TikTok 3,654 times in 2022
Requests by Australian government authorities for user data from giants Meta and TikTok were met over 3,600 times last year, according to transparency reports from the ...
Daniel Croft • Wed, 31 May 2023
3 things you should know about the Five Eyes alliance
The Five Eyes alliance stands as one of the most prominent and secretive partnerships in the realm of international intelligence cooperation. Formed in the aftermath of ...
Reporter • Tue, 30 May 2023
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