Cyber security
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.
- by David Swan
Latest
‘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.
- by Karl Quinn
Opinion
Social media
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.
- by Alexandra Smith
Exclusive
Cyber threat
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.
- by Michael Genovese
Opinion
Social media
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?
- by Nicole Jameson
Exclusive
Courts
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.
- by Jamie Freestone
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.
- by Allyson Versprille
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.
- by Rachael Dexter and Angus Thomson
Exclusive
Cybersecurity
‘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.
- by Lisa Visentin
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.
- by Natassia Chrysanthos
Queensland police admin officer hacked records ‘for vanity’
An admin officer was motivated by vanity when she altered information in the Queensland police computer system over seven years, a court has been told.
- by Cheryl Goodenough
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