The nation’s biggest banks are scrambling to contact up to 100,000 customers who may have been caught up in a major data breach at property valuation firm, LandMark White.
Incident: First National ‘dealing with authorities’ after reported information leak | ZDNet
Australian real estate network First National has reportedly had information it held on job applicants leaked online.
Incident: Email scammers steal almost $1 million from SA property buyers by posing as conveyancers | ABC News (Australia)
Australian Information Security Incident Reported: October 25 2017 Property buyers are warned to verify trust account information before transferring money, after two South...
WA property scam: Elderly woman loses more than $500k after bogus emails | ABC News (Australian)
An 83-year-old woman is robbed of more than half a million dollars after email scammers pretend to be her settlement agent and convince her son to transfer cash into a bogus...
REA moves to tackle cyber crime | The Australian
REA Group has released a security guide in a bid to protect Australia’s real estate industry from cyber crime, as more and more businesses move to a digital model. Source:...
Real estate documentation requirements are an identity thief’s dream come true | afr.com
Do you trust your local real estate agent? With all the personal data I need to hand over to get on a lease, the real estate agent could establish an entire double life....
Police probe real estate cyber attack on Australian real estate digital firm | Herald Sun
July 7, 2016. POLICE have launched an investigation into an unprecedented cyber attack against a booming digital real estate firm. The company attacked — Box+Dice — is suggesting it could have been launched by vested interests in the state’s multi-billion dollar housing industry.
