Prime minister says ‘very significant cyber event’ still under investigation by federal police and he is ‘not aware’ if he is among the 12.9m victims Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcast The …
Deciding what to do with a dead friend or relative’s online presence is complicated and time-consuming but there are shortcuts Find more essential summer reading Get our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcast Gavin Blomeley was lucky his mother was incredibly organised before …
Company says it believes about 193,000 customers are affected by the breach, which it spotted in early September Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcast Pizza Hut’s Australian operations have been hit …
Shadow minister says leak of ‘sensitive’ information after research into the Optus and Medibank hacks was ‘deeply ironic’ Follow our Australia news live blog for the latest updates Get our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcast The home affairs department exposed the personal information …
Hundreds of law firm’s clients waiting on confirmation of whether they are affected by data leaked in cyberattack Follow our Australia news live blog for the latest updates Get our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcast Hundreds of clients of law firm HWL …
Cyberattack resulted in hacking of 4TB of data including IDs, finance reports, accounting data, client documents and credit card details Follow our Australia news live blog for the latest updates Get our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcast The Australian commercial law firm HWL …
Law firm Baker McKenzie says company failed to protect privacy of customers in Australia and overseas Follow our Australia news live blog for the latest updates Get our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcast The law firm Baker McKenzie has launched a class action …
Audit review of government tool housing Medicare and Centrelink services recommends significant changes Follow our Australia news live blog for the latest updates Get our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcast The federal government’s much-maligned myGov app faces an overhaul and could soon …
Telecommunications company says hacker searched for customers’ cryptocurrency and financial information Follow our Australia news live blog for the latest updates Get our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcast Telecommunications giant TPG has revealed an email-hosting service used by up to 15,000 iiNet …
Experts suggest using multifactor authentication and telling your bank to put extra security checks in place Follow our Australia news live blog for the latest updates Get our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcast Millions of Medibank’s current and former customers have had …
Company says its security system prevented the hacker accessing customer data or encrypted passwords Follow our Australia news live blog for the latest updates Get our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcast Password manager LastPass has told customers that some of their information has …
Medibank confirms it may be the full trove of hundreds of thousands of customers’ private records that were stolen from the health insurer Follow our Australia news live blog for the latest updates Get our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcast The cybercriminals behind …
Medibank confirms it may be the full trove of hundreds of thousands of customers’ private records that were stolen from the health insurer Follow our Australia news live blog for the latest updates Get our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcast The cybercriminals behind …
Experts say investing in identity theft protection may provide peace of mind, but won’t help recover lost information Get our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcast The recent Optus and Medibank data breaches in which thousands of Australians had their personal information stolen …
Experts suggest using multifactor authentication and telling your bank to put extra security checks in place Follow our Australia news live blog for the latest updates Get our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcast Millions of Medibank’s current and former customers have had …
Post on blog linked to Russian ransomware group says it offered ‘discount’ ransom to health insurer of US$9.7m, or $1 for each customer’s data Follow our Australia news live blog for the latest updates Get our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news …
As the government develops online safety guidelines, digital rights groups says any approach requiring the use of ID is ‘invasive and risky’ Follow our Australia news live blog for the latest updates Get our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcast In the wake of …
Experts suggest using multifactor authentication and telling your bank to put extra security checks in place Follow our Australia news live blog for the latest updates Get our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcast Millions of Medibank’s current and former customers have had …
Experts warn using any single system could have its own cybersecurity weaknesses leaving data vulnerable to misuse Follow our Australia news live blog for the latest updates Get our free news app, morning email briefing and daily news podcast The Australian government is considering using myGov or its myGovID …
Identification repair service receives a month’s worth of complaint calls in three days as government pressures telco to pay for replacement ID documents Follow our Australia news live blog for the latest updates Get our free news app, morning email briefing or daily news podcast Former Virgin Mobile …
Some customers look to switch providers after puzzling responses and ‘less than helpful’ service Follow our Australia news live blog for the latest updates Get our free news app, morning email briefing or daily news podcast Optus customers say they are growing increasingly angry and frustrated at the poor …
Home affairs minister Clare O’Neil says company to blame and flags new laws with large fines for such breaches Follow our Australia news live blog for the latest updates Get our free news app, morning email briefing or daily news podcast Optus has agreed to provide free credit …
CEO says company has not yet confirmed how many people were affected by hack, but 9.8 million was ‘worst case scenario’ Get our free news app, morning email briefing or daily news podcast Optus customers dating as far back as 2017 could be caught up in the massive …
New scam spreads to Australia from Europe, targeting thousands of Android users Thousands of Australians have been hit by a new scam text message known as Flubot, which aims to install malware on their phones. Flubot is a type of malware targeting Android users, but iPhone users can also …
Privacy advocates fear Coalition’s proposed data-sharing law could allow for robodebt-style tactics Australians’ personal information could be accessed by government agencies and researchers without their consent under proposed data-sharing legislation that critics say could pave the way for more robodebt-style tactics. In a speech at an Australian Financial …