Smirking and laughing while taking a dig at a devastated small business owner was likely not the response Australians expected from the boss of Optus on the day its network collapsed. But that’s precisely what Chief Executive Officer Kelly Bayer Rosmarin did, marking the beginning of the end of herContinue Reading
Optus has began issuing apology text messages to millions of customers affected by this week’s mass outage. A nationwide blackout left 10 million Australians without phone or internet access for more than 12 hours on Wednesday. Hundreds of thousands of businesses were left unable to accept payments due to theContinue Reading
Photos taken from around the country have revealed many Aussies’ response to Wednesday’s Optus outage, as customers leave the embattled telco in droves. Optus was served yet another blow this week when a 14-hour outage left millions in the lurch, including some landline customers trying to contact triple-0. Off theContinue Reading
Today, millions of Optus customers woke up to find that their Optus services weren’t working. Businesses couldn’t process payments, trains in Melbourne had service disruptions, ambulances in Victoria couldn’t call people back if they needed more information. All major hospitals in Victoria were affected by the outage, as were hospitalsContinue Reading
The personal details of patients at a major Melbourne hospital have been compromised after cybercriminals hacked a staff member’s private email. The Royal Women’s Hospital in Parkville apologised to 192 patients on Thursday night after an investigation revealed their personal details were potentially stolen by the hackers. “(We are) veryContinue Reading
Cybersecurity experts warn Australian businesses are under threat as the nation remains one of the most targeted for ransomware attacks. Threat analysis company Flashpoint ranked Australia eight following 11 ransomware attacks in July, behind the USA and the UK. Flashpoint’s July Cyber Threat Intelligence Index reported businesses worldwide battled aContinue Reading
Senator Jacqui Lambie has unleashed on the Veterans Affairs minister for being “missing in action” over reports veterans’ data was handed to a university without their consent. The Department of Veterans Affairs routinely transferred the medical data of veterans to the University of South Australia for research purposes over twoContinue Reading
Cyber criminals have targeted yet another Australian small business by stealing and leaking the data of 10,000 people. Last month, the data of a little-known company called Event Secretary was published on an online forum. Unfortunately, Event Secretary was the platform that several major Australian horse riding organisations used toContinue Reading
The law firm investigating one of Australia’s biggest security breaches which saw a whopping 14 million records stolen – has claimed Latitude had uncovered “real risks” to its security environment before the hack but failed to act. Gordon Legal is currently investigating a class action against Latitude after the breachContinue Reading
Confidential employee information has been exposed in a data breach at Ambulance Victoria (AV). The data in question is the drug and alcohol tests of prospective graduate paramedics collected between May 2017 and October 2018. The documents had become accessible on Ambulance Victoria’s internal intranet. “Since becoming aware, AV hasContinue Reading