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British Library finally restoring key services a year after cyber attack

British Library finally restoring key services a year after cyber attack

At long last, the British Library has announced that it is finally restoring its key systems a year after it suffered a ...

Daniel Croft Tue, 15 Oct 2024
ASIC warns of identity theft leading to stolen shares

ASIC warns of identity theft leading to stolen shares

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has seen a sharp rise in reports since August 2024.

David Hollingworth Tue, 15 Oct 2024
Liberal Party runs first fully AI-generated political ad in Australia

Liberal Party runs first fully AI-generated political ad in Australia

The Australian Liberal Party has created the country’s first completely AI-generated political ad, a move that is set to ...

Daniel Croft Mon, 14 Oct 2024
Penten and Amiosec announce digital information security merger

Penten and Amiosec announce digital information security merger

Australian digital defence innovator Penten and UK cyber innovator Amiosec have announced an agreement to combine their ...

Robert Dougherty Mon, 14 Oct 2024
Robot vacuum cleaners yell racial slurs, chase pets after cyber attack

Robot vacuum cleaners yell racial slurs, chase pets after cyber attack

A threat actor has hacked robot vacuums in US households, causing them to torment household pets and shout racial slurs

Daniel Croft Mon, 14 Oct 2024
Exclusive: Aussie owner of Strike Bowling and other venues confirms ransomware attack

Exclusive: Aussie owner of Strike Bowling and other venues confirms ransomware attack

Funlab says no guest data appears to be impacted by the attack, but some employee data has been compromised.

David Hollingworth Mon, 14 Oct 2024
Pokémon game developer confirms data breach exposing employee and game data

Pokémon game developer confirms data breach exposing employee and game data

Over 2,600 employees were impacted by the Game Freak data breach, and source code and game art were also compromised.

David Hollingworth Mon, 14 Oct 2024
Casio says data potentially stolen in cyber attack

Casio says data potentially stolen in cyber attack

Japanese technology multinational company Casio has revealed that threat actors may have successfully stolen data from ...

Daniel Croft Mon, 14 Oct 2024
Operation Kraken: More charges laid against alleged mastermind of criminal messaging app

Operation Kraken: More charges laid against alleged mastermind of criminal messaging app

An NSW man faces six more charges for his role in developing and administering Ghost organised crime network.

David Hollingworth Mon, 14 Oct 2024
Exclusive: WA firm Road Distribution Services hit by Sarcoma ransomware

Exclusive: WA firm Road Distribution Services hit by Sarcoma ransomware

West Australian transport and logistics company loses commercial and personal data to ransomware attack.

David Hollingworth Mon, 14 Oct 2024
State-of-the-art digital and cyber forensics facility to be built in NSW

State-of-the-art digital and cyber forensics facility to be built in NSW

CBIT Digital Forensics Services will establish the facility at the South Jerrabomberra Regional Jobs Precinct.

David Hollingworth Fri, 11 Oct 2024
Industry responds to Australia’s Cyber Security Act

Industry responds to Australia’s Cyber Security Act

Following lessons learnt from the 2023–2030 Australian Cyber Security Strategy, the government is currently deliberating ...

Daniel Croft Fri, 11 Oct 2024
77,000 customers exposed in Fidelity Investments data breach

77,000 customers exposed in Fidelity Investments data breach

One of the world’s largest asset management firms has revealed that the data of over 77,000 of its customers was exposed ...

Daniel Croft Fri, 11 Oct 2024
Hotel chain Marriott agrees to US$52m settlement over data breaches impacting 344m

Hotel chain Marriott agrees to US$52m settlement over data breaches impacting 344m

Marriott and its Starwood subsidiary have also agreed to improve their information security after data security failures

David Hollingworth Fri, 11 Oct 2024
Exclusive: New Zealand accounting firm confirms Sarcoma ransomware attack

Exclusive: New Zealand accounting firm confirms Sarcoma ransomware attack

Advanced Accounting has fallen victim to the Sarcoma ransomware gang, as passports, driver’s licences and more are ...

David Hollingworth Fri, 11 Oct 2024
Casio cyber attack claimed by Russian cyber crime gang ‘Underground’

Casio cyber attack claimed by Russian cyber crime gang ‘Underground’

Russian cyber criminals have claimed the cyber attack on Japanese technology multinational company Casio.

Daniel Croft Fri, 11 Oct 2024
Casio discloses data breach a year after previous cyber attack

Casio discloses data breach a year after previous cyber attack

Japanese computing and electronics multinational company Casio has disclosed that it has suffered from a cyber attack, ...

Daniel Croft Thu, 10 Oct 2024
Exclusive: Aussie fresh produce company Perfection Fresh confirms ransomware attack

Exclusive: Aussie fresh produce company Perfection Fresh confirms ransomware attack

The Sarcoma ransomware gang claims another Australian scalp with internal and confidential documents already published ...

David Hollingworth Thu, 10 Oct 2024
CISA warns of hurricane relief scams as Helene passes and Milton follows

CISA warns of hurricane relief scams as Helene passes and Milton follows

Threat actors and scammers are expected to take advantage of those affected by the massive destruction brought by ...

Daniel Croft Thu, 10 Oct 2024
Russia blocks access to Discord as experts call it an attack on free speech

Russia blocks access to Discord as experts call it an attack on free speech

Russia’s censorship agency has blocked the nation’s access to Discord, resulting in uproar from Russia’s citizens who ...

Daniel Croft Thu, 10 Oct 2024