Serviceteam IT Security News

PM indicates timeframe for Indigenous voice referendum – as it happened

Australian academic Sean Turnell sentenced to three years’ jail after secret trial in...
Serviceteam IT Security News

Optus tells former Virgin Mobile and Gomo customers they could also be part of data breach

Identification repair service receives a month’s worth of complaint calls in three days...
Serviceteam IT Security News

Companies could be forced to delete customer data used to prove ID, Labor suggests

Albanese government considering sweeping overhaul of data retention and privacy laws following massive...
Serviceteam IT Security News

Optus customers, not the company, are the real victims of massive data breach | Justin Warren

Optus executives are paid millions to ensure that, among other things, customer data...
Serviceteam IT Security News

Sophisticated attack or human error? How Optus lost control of your data

In the days since Optus first reported that potentially millions of its customers’...
Serviceteam IT Security News

Optus data breach: Australians will be able to change their driver’s licence with telco to pay

Federal opposition wants commonwealth to allow people to get new passports for free...
Serviceteam IT Security News

Attorney general says FBI is working on Optus data breach – video

Attorney general Mark Dreyfus says the FBI is working with local authorities to...
Serviceteam IT Security News

Purported Optus hacker releases 10,000 records including email addresses from defence and prime minister’s office

Optus CEO says federal police are ‘all over’ post with ultimatum demanding $1m...
Serviceteam IT Security News

Optus customers exasperated by chatbots and ‘rubbish’ communication after data breach

Some customers look to switch providers after puzzling responses and ‘less than helpful’...
Serviceteam IT Security News

Government flags new cybersecurity laws and increase in fines after Optus breach

Clare O’Neil says penalties for telcos are ‘totally inappropriate’ and data breach was...
Serviceteam IT Security News

Optus data security breach: what should I do to protect myself?

Experts say while ‘there’s no need to panic’, there are steps you can...
Serviceteam IT Security News

Optus faces potential class action and pledges free credit monitoring to data-breach customers

Home affairs minister Clare O’Neil says company to blame and flags new laws...
Serviceteam IT Security News

Optus cyber-attack could involve customers dating back to 2017

CEO says company has not yet confirmed how many people were affected by...
Serviceteam IT Security News

Optus data breach: who is affected, what has been taken and what should you do?

After a malicious cyber-attack, customers of Australia’s second-largest telco are advised they could...
Serviceteam IT Security News

How Twitter’s whistleblower could boost Elon Musk’s legal battle

Peiter Zatko, former security chief, brought allegations of widespread security threats and spam...
Serviceteam IT Security News

CEO of Israeli Pegasus spyware firm NSO to step down

CEO Shalev Hulio is stepping down as part of NSO reorganisation that will...
Serviceteam IT Security News

We can make our phones harder to hack but complete security is a pipe dream | John Naughton

Even the latest iPhone scare won’t persuade us to choose safety over convenienceApple...
Serviceteam IT Security News

Fears for patient data after ransomware attack on NHS software supplier

Attack being investigated for potential data theft as experts warn criminals could use...
Serviceteam IT Security News

Spyware is huge threat to global human rights and democracy, expert warns

Cybersecurity expert Ron Deibert to testify to Canadian MPs about troubling spread of...
Serviceteam IT Security News

Apple to launch ‘lockdown mode’ to protect against Pegasus-style hacks

Firm says function is intended for users who face ‘grave, targeted threats to...
Serviceteam IT Security News

Hacker claims to have obtained data on 1 billion Chinese citizens

Personal information allegedly taken from Shanghai police database would be one of biggest...
Serviceteam IT Security News

Users of biggest NFT marketplace warned over phishing after data leak

OpenSea tells customers and subscribers not to open emails and files ‘sent by...
Serviceteam IT Security News

Sheryl Sandberg’s influence reaches all of us. But it’s a troubling legacy | Stephanie Hare

From epic data mining to shocking failures of content moderation, Meta’s COO passes...
Serviceteam IT Security News

US federal alert warns of the discovery of malicious cyber tools

Cybersecurity officials said the evidence suggests Russia is behind the tools – configured...
Serviceteam IT Security News
,

Home Office’s visa service apologises for email address data breach

Private contractor running service sent email to applicants containing more than 170 email...
Serviceteam IT Security News

Not using a password manager? Here’s why you should be…

Experts recommend password managers for convenience and enhanced online safety, yet few of...
Serviceteam IT Security News

Russia unleashed data-wiper malware on Ukraine, say cyber experts

UK government and banks on alert for new form of electronic attack said...