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Australian Data Handling Incident December 2022: Telstra apologises for accidentally publishing data of thousands of customers online. Names, numbers and addresses of some unlisted customers released online.
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Australia Telstra Provider Breach May 2021: Telstra service provider hit by cyber attack as hackers claim SIM card information stolen. Hackers have claimed they have gained access to “tens of thousands” of SIM cards after a cyber attack against an Australian telecom firm
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Australian Telco Outage August 2020: ‘Massive messaging storm’ takes out Telstra’s DNS infrastructure, walks back on earlier claims of denial-of-service attack.
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Australian Privacy Breach Incident October 2019: Tens of thousands of Australian Optus customers have had their mobile phone numbers and addresses mistakenly published online.
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Australian Information Security Incident Reported: July 27 2018 Telstra customer stumbles across...
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Australian Information Security Incident Reported: May 31 2018 An onslaught of 1800 suspected...
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Australian Information Security Incident Reported: March 22 2018 A flaw in medical software used...
Read MoreTwo major Australian brands, Telstra and Commonwealth Bank, have been targeted by scammers in a bid to dupe users into downloading malware to their computers or giving up credit card details. Source: Telstra, CommBank targeted...
Read MoreDon’t click “View my bill” if you receive these emails from Telstra or EnergyAustralia. Source: Fake Telstra and EnergyAustralia email bills spread banking trojans – CSO | The Resource for Data Security...
Read MoreTelstra suffered a domain name server (DNS) outage in NSW with a wide range of users reporting connectivity issues beginning around 5am. Update, 9.57am: Telstra said the DNS issue has been resolved. Source: Telstra’s NSW...
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Australian Information Security Incident Reported: August 25 2017 When Katie Fletcher had her...
Read MoreA Perth man whose identity was used to set up a fraudulent mobile phone account with Telstra is questioning why more stringent identity checks were not done. Beau Gellard became aware of the account this week after his mother...
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On 10 May 2023, the OAIC commenced an investigation into the personal information handling practices of the Latitude group of companies[1] (Latitude). … [...]
Washington | The Chinese government has taken possession of potentially sensitive F-35 stealth aircraft parts that were inexplicably diverted to Hong … [...]
Major Australian bank NAB has restored systems following online outages that prevented customers from using their services. • Thu, 24 Sep 2026 • … [...]
An unprecedented breach of a government website by a rogue OpenAI agent will sharpen Australia's push to impose stricter safety, transparency and … [...]
The hotel company, Quest, is warning customers they may need to replace their driver's licences and passports. It comes after a cyber hack last month exposed swathes of personal information, [...]
The federal government has raised concerns about uncontrolled and unauthorised AI activity after an AI model infiltrated a Medicare platform owned by Services Australia. The OpenAI agent accessed data not [...]
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has revealed an AI agent hacked into an Australian Medicare portal earlier this year. The OpenAI agent reportedly gained unauthorised access to private and public data [...]
A swarm of OpenAI rogue AI agents appear to have gone on a spree of trying to access Australian government health data, in what some researchers say … [...]
Key points An OpenAI agent gained unauthorised access to both public and non-public files on a Medicare statistics reporting portal, Anthony Albanese … [...]
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has revealed an AI agent hacked into an Australian Medicare data portal earlier this year. Speaking in New York, Mr … [...]
Quest Apartments has advised customers affected by a data breach in August to replace their passports and driver's licences after its investigation … [...]
The Flying Kangaroo and a Sydney hotel warn customers not to share payment details following suspicious messages targeting Qantas Hotels customers. • … [...]