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Australian Audit Failure June 13 2023: NSW’s local government audit found that 47% of councils did not have a cyber security plan. IT policies and procedures were outdated or not in place at 43 councils.
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Defence Internal Audit Finding 31 May 2023: Australian Senate questioning reveals 435 Chinese-made surveillance devices found at defence sites. Defence initially claimed there was only one device.
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West Australian Councils Audit Report 29 March 2023: Western Australia Auditor General’s Local Government Information Security Audit 2021-22 reports 324 control weaknesses. Cyber security concerns as council’s network rack found in staff toilet.
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West Australian State Government Audit Report March 2023: Auditor General’s State Government Information Systems Audit 2021-22 566 control weaknesses 34 significant. Cases: malicious insiders no MFA, outage from an unauthorised device, former employee accessing finance system one month after termination.
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Queensland Audit Report 16 March 2023: Queensland Audit Office’s State Entities 2022 reports deficiencies in information systems. Only 33 per cent of departments have an effective system managing information security risks.
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Victorian Local Government Audit Report 27 February 2023: Victoria audit reports a significant rise in IT control weaknesses in council systems. Calls for Essential Eight adoption.
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More than 120 people were arrested during a five-month police trial using live facial recognition technology. Police scanned 1.3 million faces during … [...]
A cybersecurity expert says scammers are using fear and "weaponising urgency", as holiday-makers and hotels in Western Australia's Kimberley are … [...]
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New statistics from the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner (OAIC) reveal that incidents reported under the Notifiable Data Breach … [...]
The email looks real. "Thank you for booking Wrest Point Casino. We look forward to welcoming you," it states. It then lists a reservation summary with … [...]
Internal emails have revealed the corporate watchdog failed to alert other government agencies about concerns that transcription service VIQ Solutions sent potentially sensitive work offshore. Sensitive data from courts and [...]
An Adelaide restaurateur says she fended off an "extortion" attempt by an overseas company asking for money to remove fake negative reviews … [...]
Australia's corporate watchdog failed to alert other government agencies about concerns that transcription service VIQ Solutions had sent potentially … [...]
Threat detection and reporting Internal policies and procedures What policies or procedures must organisations have in place to protect data or … [...]
AI in financial services often involves substantial amounts of personal information, and the Privacy Act’s new automated decision-making rules … [...]
The director of a website that reports news stories on Victorian crime has admitted its local team of reporters does not exist and that he uses … [...]
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Deputy Prime Minister Richard Marles says the Australian Signals Directorate responded to “1500 cyber incidents” in the last financial year. “By historic standards that’s a big jump,” Mr Marles said [...]
The Australian Signals Directorate says more disruptions to essential services are likely as AI increases the risk of cyber attacks. AI is turbocharging the number and potency of cyber threats [...]
The Australian Signals Directorate has warned that more disruptions to essential services are likely as rapidly developing AI models increase the risk of cyber attacks. The intelligence agency has also [...]
In brief Australia's cyber agency warns AI is creating an unprecedented security threat. • State-backed hackers have used AI to target systems at greater … [...]
Australian travellers are being warned their personal information may have been exposed following a cybersecurity breach involving an accommodation … [...]
The world’s most active cyber extortion group is continuing to target Australian businesses – including one that was deregistered years ago. • Tue, 27 … [...]
Where did Fortnum fall short? Fortnum's financial advice network comprised of over 80 advice practices and more than 200 authorised representatives. … [...]
Hackers share passport scans and other personal data as club CEO says membership management systems unaffected. • Mon, 26 Oct 2026 • … [...]
The Office of the Australian Information Commissioner has released data breach statistics for the first half of 2026, with more Australians impacted … [...]
Key points The Parliamentary Information and Cyber Resilience project has a budget of $40 million over four years, Nicola Hinder revealed at senate … [...]
Throughout 2025–26, the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner (OAIC) upheld and promoted information access and privacy rights, achieving … [...]
Australia's protection against and response to increasing cyber attacks has improved ahead of a major shift in security as frontier artificial … [...]