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The ransomware gang behind Christie’s auction house cyber attack has sold the stolen data after the firm refused to pay a ransom.
Daniel Croft • Sun, 19 Oct 2025
Businesses fear supply chain breach more than direct attacks
Third-party vendor and supply chain incidents are the biggest threats facing Australian businesses, but there are ways to minimise impact, according to a Microsoft cyber ...
Malavika Santhebennur • Fri, 07 Jun 2024
Qilin ransomware blamed for London hospitals cyber attack
A Russian ransomware gang has been linked to a cyber attack that stunted a number of major NHS hospitals in London.
Daniel Croft • Thu, 06 Jun 2024
Op-Ed: Patties Foods’ ‘data leak’ proves cyber reporting needs to do better
Multiple media outlets have reported on a data breach impacting the owner of pie brand Four’n Twenty – but the breach may never have happened.
David Hollingworth • Thu, 06 Jun 2024
FBI invites LockBit victims to reach out after securing 7k decryption keys
The FBI is inviting victims of the LockBit ransomware gang to reach out after it secured 7,000 decryption keys from the threat group.
Chinese hackers observed targeting south-east Asian government organisation
Security researchers have outlined a highly organised nation-state campaign engaging in reconnaissance and espionage against a high-level government organisation.
Court throws out Latitude Financial hack proceedings
One self-represented man’s case against Latitude Financial over the March 2023 cyber attack has been thrown out.
Naomi Neilson • Wed, 05 Jun 2024
Victorian Freight Specialists suffers alleged 800+GB data breach
A threat actor, known only as GhostR, claims hack on Australian logistics company Victorian Freight Specialists and posts data to clear web hacking forum.
David Hollingworth • Wed, 05 Jun 2024
BREAKING: MediSecure declares insolvency following massive data breach
FTI Consulting has been appointed as voluntary administrators of e-prescription firm MediSecure in the wake of a breach totalling 6.5 terabytes of data in May.
OAIC files lawsuit against Medibank for 2022 data breach
Medibank has found itself in the Federal Court after the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner (OAIC) filed a lawsuit against the health insurer relating to ...
Daniel Croft • Wed, 05 Jun 2024
Have I Been Pwned adds new dataset of 361m email addresses
Troy Hunt’s Have I Been Pwned website has been updated with a 122-gigabyte list scraped from “thousands of Telegram channels”.
Exclusive: Aussie rare-earth metals producer Northern Minerals confirms ransomware attack
The Bian Lian ransomware gang claims to have more than a terabyte of data belonging to the operators of the Browns Range mine in Western Australia.
David Hollingworth • Tue, 04 Jun 2024
Auckland’s oldest surviving department store hit by alleged ransomware attack
Smith & Caughey’s has been listed as a victim on LockBit’s ransomware leak site, and the threat actor is threatening to release data within hours.