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The penetration test on the Equestrian Australia computer system was conducted in January 2024.

Embattled Olympic sport hit with legal action over ‘cyberattack’

Strife-torn Equestrian Australia is being sued by its former digital services provider amid a bid to boot out members of the board.

  • Chris Barrett

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Michael Clapsis admitted creating a fake Wi-Fi.

‘Double life’: Perth man who hacked into women’s personal data using ‘evil twin WiFi’ jailed

Michael Clapsis used his advanced computer skills to spy on and steal intimate images and photos of scores of unsuspecting women.

  • Rebecca Peppiatt
The catastrophic data breaches that exposed millions of Australians’ personal information at Medibank and Optus revealed a fundamental flaw in how organisations protect data - one that even the best cybersecurity tools can’t fix.

This Aussie start-up plans to make Medibank-style breaches impossible

As the cost of cybercrime heads toward $10 trillion annually, one Australian company is taking a radically new approach to protecting data.

  • David Swan
The Qantas breach, which occurred on June 30, exposed customer names, addresses, phone numbers, email addresses and frequent flyer information, though no credit card details or passport numbers were compromised. Qantas has obtained an injunction from the NSW Supreme Court limiting public disclosure of affected customer details.

Salesforce defends security practices after Qantas hack

Hackers used AI-powered voice phishing to trick employees into granting them database access.

  • David Swan
Loyola College.

Catholic college students mine dark web to share hacked documents

A Melbourne Catholic school has urged parents to keep their children off the dark web after students shared sensitive hacked data with each other.

  • Nicole Precel
Researchers set up for fake teen ‘honeypot’ profiles. Predators flocked to one

‘Honeypot’ profiles of 13-year-old girls were posted online. Predators flocked to one

The social media account of one child attracted five times more messages from suspected predators than another.

  • Amber Schultz
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US Secretary of State Marco Rubio.

Marco Rubio rang foreign ministers – but it wasn’t really him. It was an AI imposter

Someone using an artificially generated voice to impersonate the US secretary of state called three foreign ministers and two US officials – and left voicemails.

  • Humeyra Pamuk

Qantas customers face wait until ‘next week’ for details of data hack

The airline says frequent flyer accounts are secure and it will “review everything”, including call centre operations.

  • Chris Zappone
Qantas has been the target of a cyber attack.

Villain or victim? Qantas cyberattack will be a test of customer faith

The data breach is a blow to the progress of the airline’s rehabilitation.

  • Elizabeth Knight
Charlotte Caslick says unnerving online comments done get to her, but her teammates are sensitive to them.

‘Racism, misogyny, generalised hatred’: How AI is helping rugby stamp out online abuse

New technology which deletes abusive social media comments in real time has been adopted by Rugby Australia and made available to players at all levels of the game.

  • Kayla Olaya

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