“The only truly secure system is one that is powered off, cast in a block of concrete and sealed in a lead-lined room with armed guards.”
– Gene Spafford
Abuse survivors who gave evidence to a Victorian parliamentary inquiry into cults and fringe groups say they feel exposed after their email addresses … [...]
Almost 30,000 lines of court data have potentially been compromised in a breach carried out by a prominent hacker, 2019. • Thu, 30 Jul 2026 • … [...]
Artificial intelligence is being used in more than half of Australian GP clinics to transcribe medical consultations and generate clinical notes, raising concerns about patient privacy and data protection. A [...]
The Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) has commenced proceedings against Optus Mobile in the Federal Court for their 18 September 2025 network outage. This outage hindered Optus mobile users [...]
Origin Energy executives argued against tougher new cybersecurity obligations earlier this year, labelling proposed changes to critical … [...]
The nation's second largest telco, Optus, is being sued in the Federal Court over last year's major network outage in which calls failed to reach … [...]
An NSW Health employee has been charged after reports of accessing and downloading patient data without permission. • Wed, 29 Jul 2026 • … [...]
Your face could be your next big ticket. With a scan of it, you could be granted entry to AFL games, concerts or even conferences. Facial recognition … [...]
The problem with legacy technology is not that organisations do not know the risks. It is that no mechanism forces a decision. Ownership is … [...]
The Australian Signals Directorate (ASD) has released detailed technical guidance instructing critical infrastructure operators on how to fully … [...]
Origin Energy believes the information of approximately 900,000 current and former customers was accessed during a recent data security breach. The … [...]
Western Australian police have begun trialling live facial recognition cameras that match faces in crowds to police databases in real time, raising privacy and human rights concerns. New South Wales [...]
