customers in relation to the headline-making 2022 data breach. The OAIC alleges that in the period from around 17 October 2019 to 20 September 2022, Optus “seriously interfered with the privacy of approximately 9.5 million Australians”. The OAIC...

to calculate and back pay an employee who worked full-time on the company’s IT helpdesk. The employee worked between August 2019 and August 2022. The employee contacted the Fair Work Ombudsman regarding the lack of pay, after which the Ombudsman...

used by a variety of organisations. Patches have started to roll out late on July 20, including fixes for SharePoint Server 2019 and SharePoint Subscription Edition. A patch for SharePoint Server 2016 is not yet available but is expected to be released...

government agencies. In 2021, ninety-two per cent of agencies had conducted cyber security training, up from 70 per cent in 2019. Ninety per cent had conducted awareness exercises in 2022, and in 2024, twelve per cent of reviewed agencies had not...

Cybercrime Coordination Centre. AFP Commander Graeme Marshall said that cryptocurrency ATMs – which have risen from 23 in 2019 to more than 1,800 across Australia in 2025 – are a common point of transfer for scammers. “Victims are being manipulated into...

remained largely the same, with a 1.4 per cent average increase. Microsoft Japan also moved to a four-day work week in 2019, resulting in a productivity increase of 40 per cent. However, AI companies advertise their products to companies with the...

program and its military nuclear program,” with the sanctions mentioned referring to those placed on the bank by the US in 2019 after withdrawing from the 2015 nuclear deal it had with Iran, which would limit the Iranian nuclear program. In return, Iran...

program and its military nuclear program,” with the sanctions mentioned referring to those placed on the bank by the US in 2019 after withdrawing from the 2015 nuclear deal it had with Iran, which would limit the Iranian nuclear program. In return, Iran...

program and its military nuclear program,” with the sanctions mentioned referring to those placed on the bank by the US in 2019 after withdrawing from the 2015 nuclear deal it had with Iran, which would limit the Iranian nuclear program. In return, Iran...

of dollars of unexpected debt, and some were pursued by debt collectors, in some instances, for years.” Between August 2019 and July 2023, staff at 16 Optus stores from around the country sold contracts in breach of consumer law to 400 customers. Staff...

victim of a crime, they don’t know how to report scam activity, or they feel embarrassed because they were scammed.” Since 2019, the number of crypto ATMs in Australia has increased from 23 in 2019 to more than 1,600 in 2025. With more ATMs, more...

ordered that assets totalling more than $4.5 million be forfeited, including a waterfront home in Beachmere, Queensland, a 2019 black Mercedes-Benz sedan, and 24.99454224 bitcoin. The funds will go toward supporting law enforcement measures. “The...

of CVE-2024-30051, a previous zero-day EoP vulnerability in DWM. Today, all current versions of Visual Studio 2022 and 2019 receive patches for CVE-2025-32702, a zero-day RCE where exploitation requires the user to download and open a malicious file....

securely provided software updates are critical to maintaining their integrity. In recent years, hacking contests like the 2019 Voting Village at DEF CON have exposed vulnerabilities in voting machines, pressuring manufacturers to improve security....

been stripped of security clearance and the Justice Department has been ordered to investigate him. Taylor wrote a book in 2019 criticising Trump and his presidency. “I think it’s a very important case, and I think he’s guilty of treason, if you want to...

failures in the lead-up and response to a ransomware-related data breach in May and June 2023. “ASIC alleges from March 2019 to 8 June 2023, FIIG failed to take the appropriate steps, as is required by an Australian Financial Services (AFS) licensee, to...

even if the attacker must win a race condition, which does raise the bar for entry somewhat. Microsoft Windows 11 and Server 2019 onwards are not listed as receiving patches, so they are presumably not vulnerable. It’s not clear why newer Windows...

OpenAI, which had only raised US$130.5 million in donations through its for-profit subsidiary since it was introduced in 2019. It is also worth noting that Musk’s xAI is also a for-profit, public-benefit corporation.

collaborative efforts and more. This is the second time the AFP has led the VGT, previously chairing it from 2009 to 2019. At the time, the ACCCE had not been established, and the threat landscape has changed dramatically. Other members of the VGT...

had a total student enrolment in 2022 of 18,934 and employs more than 4,000 staff. The university suffered a data breach in 2019 that impacted 19 years’ worth of personal data from both students and teachers. According to comments from intelligence...