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High end luxury brand Louis Vuitton has confirmed that Australian customers have been caught up in a data breach.

High-end heist: Australians caught up in Louis Vuitton data breach

It took the luxury brand three weeks to notify affected customers, with birthdates and contact details stolen.

  • David Swan

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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
NSW hospitals are at risk of hacks because of lax cybersecurity standards, a leaked government audit has revealed

Sensitive NSW medical records at risk of falling into hackers’ hands, damning leak reveals

The state’s public hospitals are failing to meet cybersecurity standards despite measures costing taxpayers $40 million a year, a leaked government audit has revealed.

  • Angus Thomson
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
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
The impact on Guardian Australia is minimal to date, and so far, customer data has not been impacted.

Guardian Australia staff sent home after cyberattack takes out systems

Guardian Media Group is continuing to grapple with the aftermath of what it says is a ransomware attack.

  • Zoe Samios
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Medibank warned on Wednesday that more customer data would be uploaded to the dark web.

Hacks expose Australia as years behind on cybersecurity

In the past few days the Australian victims of cyberhacking must feel like they have woken up in a nightmare.

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Medibank customer data is now leaking onto the dark web.

Medibank’s victim status needs to be revoked

The real victims of the Medibank hack are the insurer’s customers, not its management, which has failed in keeping the information safe.

  • Elizabeth Knight
Medibank Private CEO David Koczkar apologised for the breach.

To pay or not to pay? Medibank board’s wicked dilemma

The health insurer’s board may soon have to make the most consequential decision in its history, as the data breach evolves from a minor incursion to a full-blown crisis.

  • Elizabeth Knight
Australia’s eSafety Commissioner, Julie Inman Grant.

‘We’re all guilty of using technology as the digital babysitter’

Australia’s eSafety Commissioner Julie Inman Grant shares her best tips for protecting kids from online harm.

  • Konrad Marshall

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