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Canvas hack: is it ever a good idea to pay a ransom, and what happens to the data?

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Businesses are advised against paying – but many are prepared to deal to protect users’ privacy After a week of outages, hundreds of millions of students’ data stolen, delayed assignment due dates and school login pages being defaced by hackers, the US tech firm Instructure – which operates the education platform …

Developer withdraws plans for Perth datacentre after fierce community opposition

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Three-storey GreenSquare datacentre in Hazelmere was to power cloud computing and the acceleration of AI Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast A 15,000 sq metre datacentre near Perth will no longer go ahead after the developer withdrew plans amid community opposition over its …

Rental platform unnecessarily collected the data of millions of Australians, privacy commissioner finds

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2Apply’s over-collection of personal information adds to the power of the real estate industry in the competitive rental market, Carly Kind says Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast An online rental platform has been …

A Victorian schoolteacher was applying for ‘heaps of rentals’ online – then someone accessed his bank account

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Michael suspects personal information he submitted to rent application platforms was leaked online. And analysis shows millions of documents may also be at risk Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast Michael* has spent the past two months trying to get his digital identity back …

Real estate agents in Australia using apps that leave millions of lease documents at risk, digital researcher says

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Exclusive: ‘This is a blatant and disturbing disregard for the law and for people’s security,’ digital rights advocate says Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast Australian platforms used by real estate agents to upload …

Knee-jerk corporate responses to data leaks protect brands like Qantas — but consumers are getting screwed

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When courts ban people from accessing leaked data – as happened after the airline’s data breach – only hackers and scammers win Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast It’s become the playbook for big Australian …