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Auction by Harcourts Real Estate at 8 Eva Place, Epping, Saturday, Aug. 31, 2019. Picture: Andy Brownbill

Cause of real estate cyber attack revealed

An Australian real estate agency has revealed the simple mistake that led to hackers exposing the names and addresses of tenants.

All businesses are at risk from costly cybercrime. Ethical hacker - Wayne Ronaldson will give a Be Cyber Smart presentation as part of NT October Business Month.

Cyber attack targets school students

Hackers have targeted large numbers of school students in a terrifying breach of confidential data.

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Pensioner loses $10k after replying to text

A retired Queensland pensioner faced returning to work after he was scammed out thousands – but what happened next blew him away.

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Mohammed pilfered dozens of images from the social media posts of a London real estate agent, which he then passed off as his own. (Supplied)

Mum loses $120k in 12-month catfish scam

A single mum has said she lost 25 years worth of savings after she was catfished by a man she met on Facebook.

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Anzac Day march in Adelaide - Royal Australian Air Force personel wearing medals, generic picture.

Hackers target Australian Defence Force

Hackers have targeted the Australian Defence Force but authorities say military personnel have no reason to be concerned.

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Liberal Party caught up in data breach

A state Liberal Party branch has been caught up in an alleged data breach, with the information of about 2000 people suspected of being exposed.

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MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos MAY 25, 2022: Generic telecommunications images. Optus retail shop on Bourke Street in Melbourne. Picture: NCA NewsWire / Andrew Henshaw

Optus blasted over cyber attack letters

Optus has been slammed for reportedly sending letters about the cyber attack to dead people and others who have never been customers of the telco.

MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos JULY 27, 2021: Generic photo of Medibank in Bourke Street, Melbourne. Picture: NCA NewsWire / Paul Jeffers

Latest group caught up in Medibank hack

People who’ve used a scheme for at-home medical care have been unwittingly caught up in the Medibank cyber hack.

Australian Clinical Labs team members Sarah White and Caitlin Walmsley prepare to begin screen in Geelong West. The labs will open a drive through COVID-19 testing site on the corner of Pakington St and Aberdeen St from Monday. Picture: Alan Barber

Outrage as data hack hidden for months

A cyberterror expert has questioned why a pathology giant waited five months to inform patients of a data breach that saw credit card and health records leaked.

Medibank has confirmed all customers have been exposed by the breach.

Medibank’s bombshell admission after hack

The Medibank hacking debacle has taken an alarming new turn, sparking fears the breach could be even worse than Optus’s.

MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos JULY 27, 2021: Generic photo of Medibank in Bourke Street, Melbourne. Picture: NCA NewsWire / Paul Jeffers

Medibank hack: What customers can do next

Here are the steps millions of worried Medibank customers can take after their data was compromised in a cyber attack.

MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos MAY 25, 2022: Generic telecommunications images. Optus retail shop on Bourke Street in Melbourne. Picture: NCA NewsWire / Andrew Henshaw

Whopping fines after major data breaches

Companies are set to face fines of hundreds of millions of dollars if Aussies’ data is compromised as tough new laws take their next step.

Budget’s $5.5m to investigate Optus hack

The federal government has promised to dedicate millions of dollars to “investigate and respond” to the massive cyber attack which rocked Optus.

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Shocking reason we’re all getting hacked

A cyber security expert has revealed why Australians are so vulnerable to hackers after a 7th Aussie company was hacked in a month.

Shoppers at Woolworths, Centro, Surfers Paradise. Lorrae Conybear going through the self service checkout.

Woolies shoppers told to ‘check accounts’

Woolworths is helping customers who have had their Everyday Rewards points stolen after new information came to light.

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Why Aussies hit harder by hackers

As major companies grapple with huge cyber attacks that saw the data of millions of Aussies stolen, one expert says there’s a reason we’re being hit so hard.

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Major Aussie company hacked

Hundreds of people have had their data exposed in a cyber attack on electricity company EnergyAustralia.

An Optus customer has been sent almost 50 text messages from the telco that weren’t meant for them in yet another example of the company’s recent failings.

Optus mistakenly sends 48 texts to customer

An Optus customer has shared the ‘absolutely useless’ response from the telco after it wrongly sent them 48 text messages.

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MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos JULY 27, 2021: Generic photo of Medibank in Bourke Street, Melbourne. Picture: NCA NewsWire / Paul Jeffers

Aussies hacked in major data breach

Hackers are holding the private health information of Australians to ransom following a data breach at one of the country’s largest insurance providers.

Hackers who claim to be responsible for a cyber attack on one of Australia’s largest private health insurers have threatened to sell sensitive customer data. (Mock image)

3.9 million Aussies caught up in breach

Hackers who claim to be responsible for a cyber attack on one of Australia’s largest private health insurers have threatened to sell sensitive customer data.

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MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos JULY 27, 2021: Generic photo of Medibank in Bourke Street, Melbourne. Picture: NCA NewsWire / Paul Jeffers

Fears for Aussie data after ransom demand

A major Australian company has been issued a ransom demand with fears customer data has been stolen in a cyber attack.

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - Newswire Photos October 04, 2022: A general stock view of the Optus store in the CBD in Sydney. Picture: NCA Newswire / Gaye Gerard

Optus victims targeted by more hackers

Optus customers facing the aftermath of the telco’s recent data leak have been receiving new threats from other cyber criminals.

A Queensland Optus customer couldn’t believe what she was reading from one the telco workers following last month’s the data breach.

Optus worker’s insane accusation to customer

A Queensland Optus customer couldn’t believe what she was reading from one the telco workers following last month’s the data breach.

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SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos DECEMBER 14, 2021: Food retailer Woolworths expects to earn between $100 million to $120 million less from its supermarkets division due to Covid -19 costs.Picture: NCA NewsWire / Jeremy Piper

Millions stung in shock data breach

Millions of customers at a Woolworths-owned online retailer have had their personal data – including phone numbers – exposed in a major data breach.

Dark web hunt after data breach

Dark web hunt for Aussies’ stolen identities

Finance companies are scanning the dark web for stolen Aussie identities amid what’s being dubbed the nation’s “worst year for data breaches”.

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SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - OCTOBER 05: An Optus public service message is displayed inside an Optus store on October 05, 2022 in Sydney, Australia. The identification details of 9.8 million customers of the Telecommunications operator Optus was stolen in a data breach last week, one of the largest data breaches to occur in Australia. (Photo by Brendon Thorne/Getty Images)

Trapped Optus customers left fuming

Australians desperate to switch telcos after the major Optus data breach have reported being given the run around by employees.

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Weird reason Optus sign pulled from stadium

Huge screens will be put up to block Optus branding at one of Australia’s biggest sporting grounds this week.

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - OCTOBER 05: Customers wait to be served inside an Optus store on October 05, 2022 in Sydney, Australia. The identification details of 9.8 million customers of the Telecommunications operator Optus was stolen in a data breach last week, one of the largest data breaches to occur in Australia. (Photo by Brendon Thorne/Getty Images)

Optus faces massive class action claim

A company has launched the next step for those affected by the Optus hack hoping to get compensation.

Apple iPhone users have been told to urgently check their settings and act immediately on a lesser known data breach detector.

Immediate thing all iPhone users need to do

Apple iPhone users have been told to urgently check their settings and act immediately on a lesser known data breach detector.

A Sydney man, 19, has been charged for allegedly attempting to misuse stolen Optus customer data in a text message blackmail scam. Picture NCA NewsWire/ Australian Federal Police

Teen charged after Optus hack scam

The first arrest in the fallout of the Optus cyber attack has been made, with a man taken into custody by the AFP.

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