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The Albanese government has squibbed at nearly 40 key privacy reforms and given in to an outdated argument that Australia is a nation of shopkeepers.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.
Small firms fight push to force data-breach reporting
Before critical cabinet considerations of major privacy reforms, small business groups say now is not the right time to add further compliance costs.
May 2024
Firstmac hack deepens, credit card data stolen
The theft of credit card details has raised concerns about the Brisbane-based lender’s security and encryption standards.
Ransomware group claims attack on valuer HTW
In a post on the dark web, Black Suit says it has obtained 20 gigabytes of the valuation firm’s customer and transaction data.
April 2024
HTW employee details may have been compromised in valuer data breach
Banks are still waiting for an independent evaluation of the data breach and some are increasing their restrictions on the valuation firm.
Valuation firm HTW suspended by banks after data breach
The company, one of Australia’s three largest valuers, gave no details of the incident and declined to say if it was a ransomware attack.
December 2023
Keystroke-tracking tech leaves privacy rules out of date: new watchdog
Rapid changes in artificial intelligence and biometrics are making current laws out of date says Australia’s next privacy commissioner, Carly Kind.
November 2023
New star rating system to help secure home devices
Default passwords will be banned and a mandatory cyber rating system for consumer internet-connected appliances are to be part of a new cyber strategy to be released next week.
DP World hack strands 30,000 shipping containers
Tens of thousands of shipping containers stuffed with consumer goods were trapped at ports around the country after a cyberattack on stevedore DP World Australia.
October 2023
PM backflips on diary but booze bill remains a mystery
Anthony Albanese has reversed a decision to keep his official diary secret, but his department is dragging its feet on his taxpayer-funded alcohol bill.
Belgium monitors Alibaba hub over ‘espionage’ concerns
European governments have been increasing scrutiny of the alleged security and economic risks posed by Chinese companies.