Australia’s Hacking Frenzy Spurred by Understaffed Cybersecurity Workforce October 31, 2022 By Byron Kaye and Lewis Jackson A swathe of hacks on some of Australia’s biggest companies has made the country a target for copycat attacks just...
Australia’s No. 1 Health Insurer Confirms Massive Data Breach, Theft of Patient Details October 20, 2022 By Byron Kaye Australia’s biggest health insurer said on Thursday a criminal had apparently stolen customers’ medical information as part of a massive...
Australian Insurer Medibank Says Hackers Claim to Have Stolen Customer Data October 19, 2022 Australia’s Medibank Private Ltd. said on Wednesday an unnamed hacker group had contacted it negotiate about customer data it claimed...
Australian Health Insurer Medibank Reports Cyber Incident October 13, 2022 Australian health insurer Medibank Private said on Thursday it will isolate and remove access to some customer-facing systems as it...
Second Singtel Unit Hit by Cyber Attack, Weeks After Massive Optus Data Breach October 10, 2022 Singapore Telecommunications Ltd. said on Monday its unit Dialog faced a cyber attack that potentially affected 1,000 current and former...
Chinese Hackers Suspected in Tampering With Comm100’s Client-Chat Program October 3, 2022 By Raphael Satter and Christopher Bing Suspected Chinese hackers tampered with widely used software distributed by a small Canadian customer service company, another example of a...
Optus’ Parent Company Singtel Assesses Potential Cost of Australia Data Breach October 3, 2022 By Sonali Paul Singapore Telecommunications said on Monday it was assessing the potential cost of a massive cyber-security breach at its Optus arm,...
Australian Police Aim to Protect 10,000 Optus Customers After Cyber Attack September 30, 2022 Australian authorities said on Friday they have commenced an operation to protect the personal information of 10,000 people whose data...
Hospitals, Utilities Face Highest Exposure to Risk of Cyber Attacks: Moody’s September 30, 2022 Around $22 trillion of global debt rated by Moody’s has a “high” or “very high” exposure to the risk of...
Optus Must Pay Cost of Replacing Hacked Customer Documents: Australia Government September 29, 2022 Australian telecoms giant Optus must pay the cost of replacing the passports and drivers licenses of millions of customers whose...