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Hit by ransomware? You really need to report it

Opinion: The verdict is in: if you’ve been a victim of a ransomware attack, you will almost certainly be required to report the breach to the Privacy Commissioner and...

Forty per cent of Service NSW data breach victims not notified

25 August 2021 | by Joseph Brookes

Nearly 40,000 people whose data was compromised in a massive Service NSW data breach last year will never receive official notification about the incident because of the type of...

Two years later: Optus data breach probed

6 August 2021 | by Joseph Brookes

Australia’s privacy regulator is formally investigating Optus for an alleged breach of customers’ privacy after the telco published nearly 50,000 customers’ personal information in the White Pages. It follows...

Uber breached 1.2m Australians’ privacy

23 July 2021 | by Joseph Brookes

Uber breached 1.2 million Australian customers’ privacy when it failed to protect their data from a cyber attack in 2016, the Privacy Commissioner has determined after a three and...

Ransomware and phishing drive data breach spike

13 May 2021 | by Joseph Brookes

Phishing and ransomware attacks spiked in the last year leading to a growing number of data breaches, according to analysis of more than 29,000 security incidents. Australian governments and...

NSW to introduce data breach notification laws

7 May 2021 | by Joseph Brookes

NSW is set to become the first Australian state or territory to introduce a mandatory data breach notification scheme, following a serious cyber incident last year. NSW public sector...

Govt drops ball on data breach penalty reform

24 March 2021 | by Denham Sadler

Two years after promising “tough” new penalties for data breaches, the government is still yet to actually introduce the reforms, despite acknowledging at the time that the current scheme...

AFP muscles up on cybercrime response

28 September 2020 | by David McClure

The Australian Federal Police has made cybercrime a central priority for 2020 and beyond, ratcheting up cybercrime operations as the force confronts COVID-themed cyberattacks, as well as an increase...

OAIC slims down data breach reports

29 August 2019 | by Denham Sadler

Only two reports will be produced annually on the notifiable data breach scheme by the government’s privacy authority in future in the wake of ongoing resourcing issues hanging over...

Hack: ANU says research is safe

4 June 2019 | by Vitaly

Australia’s leading research university has been the target of a significant cyber attack, with a “sophisticated actor” accessing large amounts of student and staff data from the last two...

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Hit by ransomware? You really need to report it

Forty per cent of Service NSW data breach victims not notified

Two years later: Optus data breach probed

Uber breached 1.2m Australians’ privacy

Ransomware and phishing drive data breach spike

NSW to introduce data breach notification laws

Govt drops ball on data breach penalty reform

AFP muscles up on cybercrime response

OAIC slims down data breach reports

Hack: ANU says research is safe

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