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The government has passed a bill increasing the penalty for businesses that suffer repeated or major data breaches.
Daniel Croft • Fri, 18 Jul 2025
Government offers free TAFE courses to bolster cyber workforce
State governments are offering students free cyber security courses, among others, as a way of bolstering the states’ skills shortage.
Daniel Croft • Thu, 24 Nov 2022
NSW government introduces mandatory data breach reporting
The NSW government passed the Privacy and Personal Information Protection Amendment Bill 2022, making it mandatory for government agencies to notify the privacy ...
• Mon, 21 Nov 2022
Cyber training boosted by NSW government
The NSW government has announced a plethora of new courses designed to bolster the nation’s digital presence.
Daniel Croft • Thu, 10 Nov 2022
NSW holds government agencies accountable for data breaches
In a nationwide first, the NSW government is set to pass new legislation that introduces a mandatory notification of data breach scheme for public sector agencies, while ...
Sydney teen charged with blackmail attempt on Optus data breach victims
A 19-year-old Sydney teenager has admitted to a blackmailing attempt on almost 100 Optus data breach victims in court.
• Tue, 08 Nov 2022
New federal budget set to bolster nation’s cyber resilience
The Albanese government has handed down its first federal budget, which includes new measures aimed at enhancing the nation’s cyber resilience along with shoring up ...
• Thu, 27 Oct 2022
AFP details exposed after Colombian government hack
Australian Federal Police (AFP) drug operations and the details of its officers have been exposed after a trove of classified documents were hacked from the Colombian ...
• Fri, 14 Oct 2022
Minister Matt Keogh officially opens Penten’s new Perth office
Minister for Veterans’ Affairs and Minister for Defence Personnel Matt Keogh was welcomed by the Penten team to officially open their new Western Australia office in ...
Electric vehicle charging a cyber risk to the national energy grid
Experts have warned about the risks of electric vehicle charging, with technology needed to manage the electricity flow opening an exploitable vector for potential threat ...
• Wed, 12 Oct 2022
OAIC launches investigation into Optus
Following the Optus customer data breach, which left potentially millions of customers’ information in the hands of cyber criminals, the OAIC has today commenced an ...
Lauren Croft • Tue, 11 Oct 2022
archTIS to provide NC Encrypt to Singaporean government agency
archTIS Limited has announced today it has entered into an OEM agreement with NTT Singapore to deliver the company’s NC Encrypt for SharePoint product to government ...
• Wed, 28 Sep 2022
New cyber advisory exposes Iranian cyber threat
Federal agencies representing four nations have contributed to the development of new guidance on malicious cyber attacks sponsored by the Iranian government.
• Mon, 19 Sep 2022
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