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Labor plan to beef up government’s cyber powers faces Senate block

A paper expanding on greater ability to intervene during hacks – especially on...
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Rishi Sunak faces calls to ban TikTok use by government officials

PM under pressure to follow EU and US in taking step over fears...
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European Commission bans staff using TikTok on work devices over security fears

Parent company, ByteDance, says action is ‘misguided’ and has contacted commission to ‘set...
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Medibank class action launched after massive hack put private information of millions on dark web

Law firm Baker McKenzie says company failed to protect privacy of customers in...
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‘I’m not Snow White. I have to think like a criminal’: how I became a burglar for hire

Jenny Radcliffe is a professional ‘people hacker’ – someone who claims she can...
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MyGov app facing overhaul to centralise online identification

Audit review of government tool housing Medicare and Centrelink services recommends significant changesFollow...
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Australia to consider European-style right to be forgotten privacy laws

Attorney general promises ‘whole range’ of modernisations of the Privacy Act to follow...
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Cybersecurity firm links Piers Morgan Twitter hack to leak of 400m records

Former Australian prime minister Scott Morrison among politicians and celebrities whose details were...
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Clare O’Neil on national security amid cyber hacks and threats to democracy

In the final episode of Australian Politics for 2022, political editor Katharine Murphy...
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TPG reveals emails of 15,000 iiNet and Westnet customers exposed in hack

Telecommunications company says hacker searched for customers’ cryptocurrency and financial information Follow our...
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Telstra sorry for publishing up to 130,000 customers’ details online

Release of names, numbers and addresses of some unlisted customers was not due...
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Apple announces new security and privacy measures amid surge in cyber-attacks

Encryption of iCloud storage means the information will be safeguarded from hackers as...
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Could we have one app for everything? We ask an expert

Super apps can revolutionise your life – but do you want to pay...
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Password app LastPass hit by cybersecurity breach but says data remains safe

Company says its security system prevented the hacker accessing customer data or encrypted...
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Pegasus spyware inquiry targeted by disinformation campaign, say experts

European parliament is investigating powerful surveillance tool used by governments around the worldVictims...
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Facebook sued for collecting personal data to target adverts

In high court case that could set precedent for millions, Tanya O’Carroll alleges...
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Medibank hacker says ransom demand was US$10m as purported abortion health records posted

Post on blog linked to Russian ransomware group says it offered ‘discount’ ransom...
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Cyberspace ‘a battleground’ as reports of cybercrime in Australia jump 13%

Fraud, online shopping and banking among most commonly reported crimes, but ransomware ‘most...
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TikTok tells European users its staff in China get access to their data

Privacy policy update confirms data of continent’s users available to range of TikTok...
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Online age-verification system could create ‘honeypot’ of personal data and pornography-viewing habits, privacy groups warn

As the government develops online safety guidelines, digital rights groups says any approach...
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Can a new form of cryptography solve the internet’s privacy problem?

Techniques which allow the sharing of data whilst keeping it secure may revolutionise...
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I am a Medibank customer. Am I affected by the cyber-attack? What can I do to protect myself?

Experts suggest using multifactor authentication and telling your bank to put extra security...
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Outsourcer Interserve fined £4.4m for failing to stop cyber-attack

Watchdog says phishing email enabled hackers to steal personal information of 113,000 employeesBritain’s...
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Australian companies to face fines of $50m for data breaches

In wake of Optus and Medibank leaks, serious or repeated breaches of customer...
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EnergyAustralia latest to be hit by cyber-attack as details of hundreds of customers exposed

Electricity company says attack accessed information on 323 customers but ‘no evidence’ data...
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Government considers centralising digital ID verification on myGov in wake of Optus breach

Experts warn using any single system could have its own cybersecurity weaknesses leaving...
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