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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
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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
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.
- by Zoe Samios
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Optus data breach
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.
- The Herald's View
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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.
- by Elizabeth Knight
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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.
- by Elizabeth Knight
‘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.
- by Konrad Marshall
Cyber spy boss says her agency needs to remain ‘poacher and gamekeeper’
The head of Australia’s cyber spy agency will declare that it is deeply engaged in offensive operations against adversaries.
- by Anthony Galloway
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‘Unworkable’: Global tech giants urge Australia to amend new cyber laws
The new laws would give Australian authorities the power to plug into the networks of companies operating critical infrastructure to fend off major cyber attacks.
- by Anthony Galloway
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Companies will be required to report cyber ransom attacks
Home Affairs Minister Karen Andrews will on Wednesday release a ransomware plan that includes mandatory reporting requirements for companies with turnover of $10 million or more a year.
- by Anthony Galloway
Cyber attack shuts down US fuel pipeline ‘jugular’
The incident is one of the most disruptive digital ransom operations ever reported.
- by Stephanie Kelly and Christopher Bing
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