Tag: Optus

Govt’s credential register has blocked 750,000 fraud attempts

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
The government register introduced following one of Australia’s worst data breaches has now blocked more than 750,000 fraudulent identity verification requests and will be strengthened later this year with myGov integration....

Govt moves to review triple zero laws after deadly outages

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
The federal government will review the laws underpinning Australia’s triple zero net, more than two years after a catastrophic Optus outage first exposed gaps in the emergency call system....

Gig Guide: Ex-Merck vaccines chief takes helm at Brisbane biotech

Posted on   |  by David Allen
Brisbane-based biotech company Vaxxas has appointed veteran pharmaceutical industry leader David Peacock as its new chief executive as it moves to commercialise its needle-free vaccination technology. Mr Peacock comes...

Google cops $55m fine for anti-competitive conduct

Posted on   |  by David Allen
A court has ordered Google Asia Pacific to pay a $55 million fine after the consumer watchdog found it used contracts with Android phone manufacturers and telcos to maintain...

The Gig Guide: SA govt appoints first Office for AI director

Posted on   |  by Trish Everingham
The South Australian government has appointed experienced mandarin Peter Meere as the inaugural director of the state’s newly established Office for Artificial Intelligence. Mr Meere joined the office earlier...

Albanese raises deadly Optus outage with Singapore PM

Posted on   |  by Renju Jose
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said he had raised the recent deadly outage of Singtel-owned Optus’s emergency call number with his Singaporean counterpart, Lawrence Wong, in a bilateral meeting held...

Singtel says Optus CEO needs time to fix Triple Zero issues

Posted on   |  by Christine Chen and Renju Jose
Optus’ chief executive will need more time to get its house in order, the boss of parent Singapore Telecommunications said on Tuesday, after back-to-back emergency call outages in Australia...