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 …
Optus CEO says federal police are ‘all over’ post with ultimatum demanding $1m within four days after massive data breach Purported Optus hacker releases 10,000 records including from defence and prime minister’s office Follow our Australia news live blog for the latest updates Get our free news …
Clare O’Neil says penalties for telcos are ‘totally inappropriate’ and data breach was ‘significant error’ Follow today’s news, live Optus data security breach: what should I do to protect myself? Get our free news app, morning email briefing or daily news podcast The Albanese government will pursue …
Experts say while ‘there’s no need to panic’, there are steps you can take to ensure you’re not exposed to scams or identity theft Follow our Australia news live blog for the latest updates Get our free news app, morning email briefing or daily news podcast After …
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 …
After a malicious cyber-attack, customers of Australia’s second-largest telco are advised they could be at risk of identity theft Get our free news app, morning email briefing or daily news podcast Australia’s second-largest telco, Optus, has suffered a massive data breach, with the personal information of potentially …
Britain, the US and Australia point to growth in ‘sophisticated, high-impact ransomware incidents’ There have been further increases in “sophisticated, high-impact ransomware incidents” coming from Russia and other former Soviet states during 2021, Britain, the US and Australia said in a joint review of cyber-extortion trends. Universities and schools …
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 …
Experts urge users to secure accounts and passwords after breach exposes personal details of more than 500 million people Australians are being urged to secure their social media accounts after the details of more than 500 million global Facebook users were found online in a massive data breach. The …