Category: Australian InfoSec Incidents 2017

Experts say more steps need to be taken to protect the health data of Australians, following the Medibank hack. It comes as new laws pass parliament …

The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) has intensified its supervision of Medibank Private Limited (Medibank) in response to the …

The two Australian law enforcement agencies which last year won the right to take over computers obtained six warrants in the first year of the law’s …

Medibank reiterated that there are no signs that financial or banking data has been taken. It also says that the personal data accessed, by itself, …

...collected and stored, as this may impact the destruction and de-identification process. For example, if the information is stored in a hard copy, …

In the wake of a flurry of high profile data breaches in the local telecoms and healthcare sectors, the Australian Government announced on 22 October …

Last month our Australian article began with a quotation from the Hon Clare O’Neil MP, Minister for Home Affairs and Minister for Cyber Security, who …

The presence of Australia’s e-safety commissioner and its services lacks public awareness, contributing to the significant under-reporting of …

Telecommunications company Telstra claims to have blocked around 332 million incoming scam and potentially unwanted emails to Bigpond customers—over …

ANZ Banking Group’s institutional customers can now pay for travel or e-commerce purchases, or settle supplier invoices, with single-use virtual …