Health insurance giant Medibank is being sued by the information watchdog after the personal information of 9.7 million Australians was stolen. The Australian Information Commissioner announced on Wednesday it had filed civil penalty proceedings over the October 2022 data breach. Sensitive information, including names, date of births, and Medicare numbers,Continue Reading
Aussies have been delivered a fresh warning about how they “use the internet” after two major ticketing sites were hit by data breaches. Ticketek suffered a data breach earlier this week, with the personal information of a number of Australians exposed. Information such as full names, dates of birth andContinue Reading
Australia’s communications and media watchdog has launched legal action against Optus over the 2022 data breach, in the latest blow for Australia’s second biggest telco. The Australian Communications and Media Authority has filed proceedings in the Federal Court, alleging Optus “failed to protect the confidentiality of its customers’ personal informationContinue Reading
Australians have been alerted to a rise in a new scam that offers fake bonus Centrelink payments in a bid to drive up web traffic and steal vulnerable users’ personal information. Services Australia said millions of customers are being targeted by fake social media posts and websites promising a newContinue Reading
Cybercrime Squad detectives have arrested a 46-year old man at a property in Fairfield West in relation to a mass data breach in NSW involving about one million people. Detectives raided the property on Thursday afternoon and have taken the man to Fairfield Police Station where he is expected toContinue Reading
Australian bargain-hunters are being warned to take care when splashing their cash online, with a surge in the number of dodgy shops swiping credit card details and personal information. A sweep by a top online security firm has uncovered several thousand fake storefronts for countless iconic retailers, from shoemaker DocContinue Reading
A cybersecurity expert has warned against Instagram’s latest “Get to Know Me” trend, which exposes answers to security questions. Eliana Shiloh, who goes by @elshiloh on TikTok and works as a cyber and strategic risk analyst at Deloitte, took to social media to warn people about the trend after almostContinue Reading
A man has been sentenced to more than two years in prison for purchasing stolen information from an online criminal marketplace on Wednesday. The 25-year-old man’s house in the Brisbane suburb of Woolloongabba was searched in October 2022, after first coming to police attention in November 2020. While officers executedContinue Reading
An Australian Federal Police officer and a rape crisis counsellor are expected to give evidence in Sydney’s Federal Court on Friday as Network 10 and Lisa Wilkinson fight defamation claims over their coverage of Brittany Higgins’ rape allegation. Bruce Lehrmann has launched proceedings in the Federal Court against the networkContinue Reading
A landlord in Victoria has said he views those living in his properties as “customers” and does not rent out to people on Jobseeker, as an inquiry hears growing calls to increase rent assistance. Long-time property owner Roman told a housing probe on Wednesday that while he had sympathy forContinue Reading