October
Advent buys stake in Alceon’s IT services business Efex
The deal valued Efex at $100 million to $200 million, implying a big payday for Alceon’s backers who bought in when it was worth $54.4 million less in late 2021.
Qantas frequent flyer details, meal choices among 5.7m records leaked
The airline confirmed hackers have carried out their threat of releasing stolen data on the dark web after software supplier Salesforce refused to pay a ransom.
September
‘Whole attack surface has changed’: Fake financials are a thing
The scam economy now includes fake information, fake executive profiles and fake jobs programs. Imagine if algorithms wreaking havoc on the ASX got involved.
Faceless bureaucrats are opposing facial recognition in stores
To not allow the technology would be equivalent to the failures of regulators and governments on the safety of children in childcare centres.
August
In Pictures: August 2025
August is reporting season. Among the numbers and chief executives, Australian Financial Review photographers have captured art, fashion and culture.
June
Move over industry, data centres are rolling in
What does it say about Australia’s future when energy-hungry data centre owners replace old-fashioned industrial manufacturers?
APRA threatens to fine superannuation executives
APRA has written to superannuation funds with a deadline to fix a key cybersecurity flaw in the $4.2 trillion sector.
April
Your iPhone is a target for thieves. Do this to help protect your data
Taking a few precautions, you can dramatically reduce the fallout that comes with a lost or stolen handset.
UK names Russia as a top-level foreign influence threat
The move means that anyone who does business with Russian agencies must register their activity with British authorities.
March
Google just agreed to its biggest acquisition ever
The whopping $50 billion deal provides its cloud business with new cybersecurity products to offer customers as it works to catch up with Microsoft and Amazon.
February
Canberra Data Centres worth $17b after $2b share sale
The founder expects the company to triple in the next five years after the Future Fund and Infratil increased their holdings.
January
Brisbane ‘ethical hackers’ bank $100m payday from UK buyer
Assetnote was founded in 2018 and counts major companies including Qantas and Atlassian as clients, helping them find weaknesses in their cybersecurity.
December 2024
Alceon’s IT biz Efex acquires specialist Medihost Solutions
Medihost marks Efex’s fourth bolt-on acquisition this year, as it aims to become the No.1 IT services provider to small-to-medium enterprises.
November 2024
IT group Atturra on M&A trail; upsizes raise to $76.5m
The company’s brokers, Barrenjoey Capital Partners and Unified Capital Partners, have split the cash call into a $60.5 million placement and a $6 million share purchase plan.
Intelligent Monitoring to acquire WA’s Dataline; raising $20m
In tandem with the $20 million raise, IMG’s largest shareholder, Hong Kong-based PE firm Black Crane Capital, was also seeking buyers for its 11 per cent stake.
October 2024
Small business wants out of privacy laws as data breaches rise 215pc
The small business lobby is pushing to limit the reach of Labor’s overhaul of the Privacy Act to firms with annual turnover above $10 million, up from the current threshold of $3 million.
September 2024
Ex CBA banker Jon Waldron jailed for bribery
The former CBA technology executive was sentenced to a maximum of six years and eight months prison on Friday, following a conviction in May.
Labor’s plan for protecting your privacy: hope the internet disappears
The Albanese government has squibbed at nearly 40 key privacy reforms and given in to an outdated argument that Australia is a nation of shopkeepers.
Inside Project Amidala: AirTrunk’s $24b deal
Four years ago, Blackstone missed its chance to buy up the data centre giant. It wasn’t about to make the same mistake twice, even if it cost $24 billion.
July 2024
What caused the huge global IT outage?
Friday’s international meltdown is an example of how a minor technical change, made by a company unknown to most outside the IT industry, can wreak havoc.