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Breached! PM calls OpenAI hack of Medicare ‘unacceptable’; 3 other government systems potentially compromised

Breached! PM calls OpenAI hack of Medicare ‘unacceptable’; 3 other government systems potentially compromised

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese outlined in a UN speech how an AI agent hacked Australia’s public health insurance and ...

David Hollingworth • Thu, 24 Sep 2026
AI fraud model cuts false positives by more than 80%

AI fraud model cuts false positives by more than 80%

LexisNexis Risk Solutions says its self-calibrating AI fraud model can capture about 90 per cent of fraud among the ...

David Hollingworth • Wed, 23 Sep 2026
Australia joins NATO Distributed Synthetic Training partnership as associated member

Australia joins NATO Distributed Synthetic Training partnership as associated member

Australia has joined the NATO Distributed Synthetic Training (DST) partnership as an associated member, opening new ...

David Hollingworth • Wed, 23 Sep 2026
ShinyHunters hacks FBI, challenges agency over ‘unfounded allegations’

ShinyHunters hacks FBI, challenges agency over ‘unfounded allegations’

Hackers claim the US law enforcement agency published disinformation about them after allegedly defacing an FBI jobs ...

David Hollingworth • Wed, 23 Sep 2026
Quest Hotels data breach: Almost 2m impacted, almost 50k credit cards compromised

Quest Hotels data breach: Almost 2m impacted, almost 50k credit cards compromised

The hotel chain’s managing director has confirmed that the August data breach impacted 1.9 million customers: “I ...

David Hollingworth • Tue, 22 Sep 2026
Hacker drama! ShinyHunters hacks, extorts Cl0p cyber extortion group

Hacker drama! ShinyHunters hacks, extorts Cl0p cyber extortion group

A feud has broken into open cyber warfare on the dark web between two heavyweights in the cyber extortion ecosystem – ...

David Hollingworth • Tue, 22 Sep 2026
Dragos acquires NetRise and runZero to expand xOT security

Dragos acquires NetRise and runZero to expand xOT security

Dragos has acquired NetRise and runZero as it expands its platform to provide visibility across connected devices, IT, ...

David Hollingworth • Tue, 22 Sep 2026
Bank PINs, logins being stolen through new Android malware

Bank PINs, logins being stolen through new Android malware

A new Android-based malware has been discovered being deployed to steal PINs and bank details.

Daniel Croft • Tue, 22 Sep 2026
Report: 44% of Australian cyber crime victims fail to report the incident

Report: 44% of Australian cyber crime victims fail to report the incident

Nearly half of Australians who have experienced cyber crime did not report it, with researchers warning that serious ...

David Hollingworth • Mon, 21 Sep 2026
Exclusive: Aussie not-for-profit Thorndale Foundation investigating Qilin breach claims

Exclusive: Aussie not-for-profit Thorndale Foundation investigating Qilin breach claims

Hackers have targeted a local disability support organisation, with passports and confidentiality agreements already ...

David Hollingworth • Mon, 21 Sep 2026
Hacked? Qantas investigating WhatsApp phishing reports

Hacked? Qantas investigating WhatsApp phishing reports

The Flying Kangaroo and a Sydney hotel warn customers not to share payment details following suspicious messages ...

David Hollingworth • Mon, 21 Sep 2026
Report: Just 2% of Australian firms ready for AI-driven cyber attacks

Report: Just 2% of Australian firms ready for AI-driven cyber attacks

A cyber security firm finds very few Aussie organisations believe their cyber recovery plans can withstand frontier AI ...

David Hollingworth • Mon, 21 Sep 2026
Report: Australian firms are facing increasingly costly certificate outages

Report: Australian firms are facing increasingly costly certificate outages

More than two in five Australian organisations suffered certificate-related outages in the past year, with almost one in ...

David Hollingworth • Fri, 18 Sep 2026