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Residential buildings in Seoul. Some 120,000 cameras were hacked.

Hacking scheme targeted 120,000 home cameras for sexually exploitative footage

South Korean police say four suspects breached internet-connected surveillance cameras and sold sexually explicit material via an overseas-based website.

  • Frances Vinall and Elise Youn

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The emails mimic government correspondence about Medicare, JobSeeker payments, Superannuation, and Family Tax Benefits with alarming accuracy.

Cybercriminals unleash fake Centrelink scam on vulnerable Australians

More than 270,000 malicious emails impersonating Services Australia and Centrelink have flooded Australian inboxes.

  • David Swan
The ransomware group gave high-profile companies including Qantas, Toyota, Disney and Ikea just days to begin ransom negotiations.

Qantas says no to ransom. 96 per cent of Australian businesses say yes

Despite the government warning against paying ransoms, businesses are increasingly making the call that paying up is the easiest way out.

  • David Swan
ASIO boss Mike Burgess says Australia faces a serious risk of sabotage.

ASIO boss sounds alarm on ‘devastating, disruptive’ Chinese hacking threat

ASIO director-general Mike Burgess has warned that Australia has “now reached the threshold for high-impact sabotage”.

  • Matthew Knott
Senior public servant Jaala Hinchcliffe previously worked on law enforcement integrity and for anti-corruption agencies.

Top bureaucrat grilled over email release dubs own department’s risk assessment ‘overrated’

The Parliamentary Services secretary is now facing calls from the opposition for her conduct to be investigated.

  • Andrew Probyn
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
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Senior public servant Jaala Hinchcliffe previously worked on law enforcement integrity and for anti-corruption agencies.

‘Huge breach’: MPs fume over email transfer during investigation

A law firm contracted by a public service department was given access to more than 100,000 emails and documents for an investigation.

  • Andrew Probyn
Admiral Mike Rogers served in the US Navy for 37 years and is now in the private sector, serving on the advisory board of Australia’s largest cybersecurity firm CyberCX.

‘They’re watching’: How Monday’s internet crash became China’s training

Trump’s former cyber boss warns China and criminals are studying internet crashes such as the AWS outage to launch devastating strikes on Australia.

  • David Swan
More could be done to protect Australians from data breaches.

Big business needs bigger penalties to ensure it protects our data

A proactive approach is urgently needed to protect Australia from data and privacy breaches.

  • The Herald's View
More could be done to protect Australians from data breaches.

Cost of complacency: We must compel corporations to take data protection seriously

A proactive approach is urgently needed to protect Australia from data and privacy breaches.

  • The Age's View

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