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Customers of Australia’s major banks are being urged to manually update their mobile wallets in order to avoid a looming technical issue that may cause payments chaos on New Year’s eve.

Eftpos customers warned of potential New Year’s Eve chaos

Cardholders at Australia’s major banks are being urged to manually update their mobile wallets.

  • David Swan

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Angie McMahon accepting the award for best independent release at last week’s ARIA Awards.

‘Burn it down’: Band manager slams Music Victoria over awards stuff-up

The publicly voted categories of the Music Victoria Awards, which were announced last month, were hit by a “targeted action”, organisers have revealed.

  • Karl Quinn

The PM is sigma, but his ban plan belongs in the skibidi toilet

Of course Albanese was right when he declared “parents are worried sick” about social media, but we cannot return to the golden days when it didn’t exist.

  • Alexandra Smith
Hackers claim to have compromised a prominent Perth medical research facility.

Perth’s Harry Perkins medical research institute under cyber-attack

A ransomware group known as Medusa says the 4.6 terabytes of data includes vision from internal security cameras and is now freely available on the dark web.

  • Michael Genovese
For many Aussie parents this horse has already bolted, because kids as young as 10 already have accounts on the sly.

A social media ban for under-16s won’t work. Here’s what will

Calls have been growing louder for age limits to be raised from 13 to 16. To add to the momentum, some say a ban is the only way to protect our kids. But is it?

  • Nicole Jameson
Ong walked out of court with a suspended prison sentence.

Perth university student avoids jail after hacking into UWA’s system

Ming Han Ong, 24, is an aspiring software engineer. During his sentencing in Perth Magistrate’s Court on Friday, the court heard he hacked the system for the challenge.

  • Jamie Freestone
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Bitcoin surged as much as 10 per cent on October 16 when a crypto news site incorrectly posted on X that BlackRock had been approved to list a spot ETF.

SEC social media account hacked to falsely say Bitcoin ETFs approved

A highly anticipated decision by the US market regulator on whether to approve a spot-Bitcoin exchange-traded fund quickly morphed into a major cybersecurity incident.

  • Allyson Versprille
St Vincent’s Hospital in Sydney.

Home Affairs flags probe of St Vincent’s cybersecurity after Christmas hack

Patients of St Vincent’s are no closer to understanding whether their sensitive personal or health records are among the stolen information.

  • Rachael Dexter and Angus Thomson
Home Affairs Minister Clare O’Neil says the government is steering a “world-leading” partnership with major companies to proactively block cyber threats.

‘Stop hackers in their tracks’: Corporate giants muscle up against cyber threats

A new National Cyber Intel Partnership will see major telcos, banks and other companies working together to proactively block online scams and malware aimed at defrauding Australians.

  • Lisa Visentin
Disgruntled workers who might want to inflict reputation damage on their industry or organisation have been targeted through advertisements on the dark web.

Fed up in your job? Foreign spies target resentful workers in essential industries

Foreign actors have been using advertisements on the dark web to target disgruntled workers who could disrupt critical Australian infrastructure.

  • Natassia Chrysanthos

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