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Home Affairs inadvertently leaks personal data of 50 small businesses
The Department of Home Affairs confirmed overnight that it was responsible for an “inadvertent” release of personal data ...
OAIC investigates the AFP over surveillance concerns
The Australian Federal Police (AFP) is currently under investigation for its use of the Auror retail surveillance ...
Scammer sentenced to 8 years in prison following expulsion to US
A Nigerian resident in the United Arab Emirates was handed to US authorities after leading an $8 million fraud scheme.
Queensland breached in HWLE attack
The Queensland government has confirmed that files from its systems have been compromised as part of the HWL Ebsworth ...
UK hospital cyber attack affects 2.5m
Cyber attackers have stolen the data of millions after they attacked an organisation responsible for running a number of ...
Sensitive Victorian government documents linked to HWL Ebsworth hack leaked online
Files considered very sensitive by the Victorian state government have been posted on the darknet in yet another breach ...
Op-Ed: Why Australian organisations should not leave cyber resilience to government regulation
Following a spate of disastrous data breaches over the past 12 months, it seems like the government is only now ...
Microsoft tackles Chinese hackers accessing US government emails
A China-based threat actor has been spotted targeting Western European and US agencies in an ongoing espionage campaign ...
Ventia says customers will require ‘systems assurance’ following cyber incident
In the aftermath of the cyber attack it suffered earlier this month, critical infrastructure operator Ventia has said ...
TikTok takes Senate question about Chinese access to data ‘on notice’
A TikTok representative has appeared before the Senate select committee on foreign interference through social media, ...
Critical infrastructure operator brings systems down after cyber incident
Australian critical infrastructure manager Ventia has been forced to take some of its systems offline after it was ...
ACCC calls for views on data brokers
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has released an issues paper calling on consumers and ...
Senator James Paterson tells WeChat to show up or else
The outspoken Liberal Senator has written a letter to WeChat’s boss warning of dire consequences for the app if the ...