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The Single Digital Patient Record

Cyber threats, cost blowouts: $969 million health overhaul facing rocky start

A huge project modernising the medical records of NSW patients has received a fail mark on its cybersecurity just months before it is due to be rolled out.

  • Angus Thomson

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The entry to the Queensland government’s 1 William Street headquarters.

Alarm over security risks in state public service IT systems

Finance systems came in for particular scrutiny, with half being used “well beyond their expected lifespan”.

  • Rosanna Ryan
The Australian Signals Directorate warned artificial intelligence would accelerate cyber attacks.

The weakest link: Stolen staff passwords now the biggest cyber threat to workplaces

Two in five critical security incidents affecting large companies, governments and universities now come from compromised accounts and credentials.

  • Natassia Chrysanthos
Qantas Airways suffered a data breach in June and now the hackers are demanding $1 million.

Qantas customer data posted on dark web as hackers deliver on threat

Hacker collective Scattered Lapsus$ Hunters has gone through with its threat to release personal details of almost of 5.7 million Qantas customers.

  • Supratim Adhikari and Chris Zappone
Western Sydney University.

Fresh hacking fears for Western Sydney University as students raise doubts over response

The university has launched a forensic review into Monday’s incident when thousands were sent fraudulent emails about degrees being revoked.

  • Anthony Segaert
Optus boss Stephen Rue.

From rebuilding the Storm to COVID: Who is Optus chief Stephen Rue?

Coming into a company in crisis, the Irishman had experience at one of the most vexed public institutions.

  • Calum Jaspan
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Could banks be doing even more to prevent scams from happening in the first place?

Aussies lose $175m to scammers in first six months of this year

In some scams, customers are on the phone to the scammer while in a bank branch transferring money.

  • Nina Hendy
Clive Palmer after the election campaign launch of his Trumpet of Patriots party in April.

Clive Palmer’s political parties hacked in major breach

The organisation fears the ransomware attack has led to the theft of its emails, documents, and electronic records, threatening the personal data of all those who have been in contact with it.

  • Nick Newling
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
Ugochukwu George Anyakorah, a Nigerian living in Sydney, was working for a cyberscam syndicate and linked to the Buccaneers, a Nigerian campus cult, according to court documents.

The Nigerian ‘blood cult’ targeting lonely Australians with romance scams

A Sydney father was part of a Nigerian scam that took millions of dollars off lonely Australians, defrauded businesses and siphoned the money to a terrifying African gang.

  • Perry Duffin

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