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 …
Release of names, numbers and addresses of some unlisted customers was not due to cyber-attack Follow our Australia news live blog for the latest updates Get our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcast Telstra has apologised after publishing the details of thousands of customers …
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 …
Fraud, online shopping and banking among most commonly reported crimes, but ransomware ‘most destructive’, ASD says Follow out Australia news live blog for the latest updates Get our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcast The number of reports of cybercrime in Australia had shot …
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 …
In wake of Optus and Medibank leaks, serious or repeated breaches of customer information will attract heavy penalties under new legislation Follow our Australia news live blog for the latest updates Get our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcast Companies that fail to adequately …
Electricity company says attack accessed information on 323 customers but ‘no evidence’ data was transferred elsewhere Get our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcast EnergyAustralia has become the latest company to be targeted by a cyber-attack, with hundreds of customers’ details exposed. In a …
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 …
Does a breach need to happen before we see regulatory change? Thanks to Optus, millions of people are now acutely aware of what can happen when companies don’t take privacy and security seriously. But telcos aren’t alone in collecting and storing too much of our personal information …
Australian academic Sean Turnell sentenced to three years’ jail after secret trial in Myanmar Federal government strikes deal with gas suppliers to avoid winter shortfall Get our free news app, morning email briefing or daily news podcast Queensland seeking partnerships from the federal government in renewable plan The Queensland …
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 …
Albanese government considering sweeping overhaul of data retention and privacy laws following massive Optus cyber hack Follow our Australia news live blog for the latest updates Get our free news app, morning email briefing or daily news podcast Companies could have the right to retain customers’ data stripped back …
Attorney general Mark Dreyfus has announced the appointment of justice Jayne Jagot to the high court. Follow the day’s news live Get our free news app, morning email briefing or daily news podcast Queensland seeking partnerships from the federal government in renewable plan The Queensland premier, Annastacia Palaszczuk …
Mark Dreyfus indicates potential reforms to laws regarding data breaches including higher penalties, mandatory precautions and customer notifications Follow our Australia news live blog for the latest updates Get our free news app, morning email briefing or daily news podcast Privacy law changes, including tougher penalties for data breaches …
Push comes day after states suggest telco will pick up multi-million dollar tab for replacing driver’s licences of affected customers Get our free news app, morning email briefing or daily news podcast The federal government has demanded Optus pay for new passports for customers caught up in the …
In the days since Optus first reported that potentially millions of its customers’ private information – from birth dates to Medicare numbers – had been breached, it has faced threats of blackmail, a potential class action and a public spat with the home affairs minister. Reporter Josh Taylor and Jane Lee …
Federal opposition wants commonwealth to allow people to get new passports for free too – and quickly Get our free news app, morning email briefing or daily news podcast Australians caught up in a massive breach of Optus data will be able to change their driver’s licence numbers and …
Attorney general Mark Dreyfus says the FBI is working with local authorities to investigate the Optus data breach. 'The government, as well as the Australian federal police and other government agencies, are working closely together on the Optus data breach,' he said. 'The Australian federal police is taking this …