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Xero outage hits small businesses nationally
The outage caused chaos for thousands of Australian businesses and their accounting teams.
- by David Swan
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Massive outage shows the vulnerability of the global tech ecosystem
The CrowdStrike episode is chilling because it highlights how a single, flawed update from a trusted source can cause large parts of the global system to fail.
- by Stephen Bartholomeusz
Cyberattack on prescription service MediSecure affects 13 million Australians
Personal and health data from the hack is up for sale on the dark web.
- by Angus Dalton
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How this small non-profit group beat a malicious cyberattack
Hackers attempted to commit credit card fraud against UN Women Australia, but its chief executive says the group managed to beat the attackers with the help of its technology partners.
- by David Swan
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Medibank on the hook for trillions but there’s more at stake than money
The $21.5 trillion in fines that the health insurer faces is an uncomfortable reminder to corporate Australia that it’s not just the cyber criminals that are now on the hook.
- by Elizabeth Knight
Put the brakes on AI rollout, new privacy commissioner says
Commissioner Carly Kind is concerned about the speed at which the fast-evolving technology is being used.
- by Sumeyya Ilanbey
Personal data of ‘thousands’ of Hungry Jack’s staff exposed in internal leak
The burger chain admits that 198 employees received an email attachment containing the personal data of possibly thousands of staff.
- by Jessica Yun
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The world’s biggest tech firms are enabling the most nauseating crimes imaginable
The big internet companies are not even doing “the bare minimum” to protect our societies from the mass-scale paedophilia and terrorist incitement flourishing on their sites.
- by Peter Hartcher
Internet provider Tangerine suffers cyberattack
“No one is more disappointed than me,” Tangerine’s CEO said after more than 200,000 customers are caught up in a data breach.
- by David Swan and Sumeyya Ilanbey
Cybercriminals having ‘field day’: Credential stuffing attacks set to soar
More businesses are set to join The Iconic, Dan Murphy’s and Event Cinemas in falling victim to hackers, amid calls for passwords to be abolished entirely.
- by David Swan
Microsoft says state-backed Russian hackers accessed emails of senior leadership team members
The hackers broke into the corporate email system and accessed the accounts of members of the company’s leadership team, as well as those of employees on its cybersecurity and legal teams.
- by Frank Bajak