The Guardian Data Protection

JULY 27, 2023

Tencent-owned WeChat told a parliamentary committee examining foreign interference on social media that as of July 2023, the communications app favoured by Australia’s Chinese diaspora community had fewer than 500,000 daily active users in Australia. The company told the committee in 2020 that its user base was 690,000.

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The Guardian Data Protection

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

Sign up for Guardian Australia’s free morning and afternoon email newsletters for your daily news roundup Continue reading.

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The Guardian Data Protection

MAY 18, 2023

The Real Estate Institute of Australia president, Hayden Groves, said that an “additional layer of responsibility is really not necessary” on top of agents’ existing duties, saying that increased regulatory risks could be “the last straw” for smaller agencies which may shut up shop.

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The Guardian Data Protection

DECEMBER 1, 2022

Sign up for Guardian Australia’s free morning and afternoon email newsletters for your daily news roundup name address date of birth gender email Medicare card number (in some cases) health claims made with Medibank (in some cases) Continue reading. Here’s what we know so far and what you can do.

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The Guardian Data Protection

DECEMBER 16, 2022

Victor Dominello says renters are at risk since there are ‘essentially no rules’, and enforceable guidelines will be in place early in the new year Follow our Australia news live blog for the latest updates Get our morning and afternoon news emails , free app or daily news podcast New South Wales will introduce new guidelines on the personal data security (..)

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Data Breach Today

JULY 13, 2018

Aviation ID Australia Says Website Accessed By Unauthorized Entity An Australian company that issues identity cards for access to airports has been notifying applicants and cardholders that their personal information may have been compromised, according to a news report. Australian federal police are investigating.

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The Guardian Data Protection

OCTOBER 25, 2022

Experts suggest using multifactor authentication and telling your bank to put extra security checks in place Follow our Australia news live blog for the latest updates Get our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcast Millions of Medibank’s current and former customers have had their personal information, including health claims, (..)

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The Guardian Data Protection

APRIL 27, 2023

Sign up for Guardian Australia’s free morning and afternoon email newsletters for your daily news roundup Continue reading. TikTok was banned from government devices in early April over data collection and security concerns connected to the Chinese government.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 5, 2022

Bad news for the Australian telecommunications industry, the largest company in the country Telstra suffered a data breach. Australia’s largest telecommunications company Telstra disclosed a data breach through a third-party supplier. It was run by Pegasus Group Australia, which is a subsidiary of MyRewards International Ltd.

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The Guardian Data Protection

MAY 14, 2020

Related: Covidsafe app: how Australia’s coronavirus contact tracing app works, what it does, downloads and problems Related: Australian public's confidence in 5G 'shaken' by misinformation campaign Continue reading.

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The Guardian Data Protection

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

Snug gives renters a score based on their profile that is meant to match them to properties, but critics say the process is opaque and skirts the law on rental bidding Get our morning and afternoon news emails , free app or daily news podcast One of Australia’s fastest growing rental application platforms is using renters’ data in obscure and potentially (..)

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Troy Hunt

NOVEMBER 26, 2023

A bunch of people chimed into the tweet thread and suggested it may have been by design, but they certainly wouldn't have set out to achieve the sorts of headlines that adorned the news afterwards.

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The Guardian Data Protection

MARCH 7, 2023

Sign up for Guardian Australia’s free morning and afternoon email newsletters for your daily news roundup Continue reading. But Digital Rights Watch and the Law Institute of Victoria say the provisions don’t go far enough, arguing the failure to establish an opt-out system does not give patients’ full autonomy over their health data.

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The Guardian Data Protection

APRIL 17, 2020

It is a big team Australia moment,” he said. Related: Australia's coronavirus contact tracing app: what we know so far The App we are working on to help our health workers trace people who have been in contact with coronavirus will not be mandatory.

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DXC Technology

AUGUST 26, 2020

Pulse Series: As part of the 21st Century Series on Australian Healthcare, David Pare, CTO for DXC Healthcare and Life Sciences in Australia and New Zealand, will focus on news, start-ups and developments within the industry — what’s happening, what’s being done to drive innovation, and what’s new or newsworthy.

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DLA Piper Privacy Matters

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

The news was swiftly followed up with an announcement from Medibank, Australia’s largest private health insurer, of a breach affecting all of its 3.9 Organisations will no longer be required to collect or hold personal information within Australia in order for the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth) to apply. million customers.

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The Guardian Data Protection

MAY 11, 2023

Sign up for Guardian Australia’s free morning and afternoon email newsletters for your daily news roundup Continue reading.

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Data Breach Today

AUGUST 22, 2018

E-Commerce Payment Card Fraud Is Rising There's bad news in Australia when it comes to payment card fraud: It's growing. The biggest source of that fraud is online payments made without the physical card. But there's a plan to combat it.

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The Guardian Data Protection

JUNE 5, 2022

Sign up for the fun stuff with our rundown of must-reads, pop culture and tips for the weekend, every Saturday morning Sign up to receive an email with the top stories from Guardian Australia every morning Continue reading.

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The Guardian Data Protection

SEPTEMBER 27, 2022

Australia politics live Purported Optus hacker releases 10,000 records including email addresses from defence and prime minister’s office Get our free news app , morning email briefing or daily news podcast Continue reading.

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IT Governance

JUNE 22, 2020

Australia has been hit by a series of ongoing, sophisticated cyber attacks targeting “all levels of government”, Prime Minister Scott Morrison has announced. . To be frank, we do not believe it is in Australia’s long-term interest to manipulate the epidemic for personal gain, disregard facts and undermine international cooperation.” .

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The Guardian Data Protection

APRIL 24, 2020

Related: Virgin Australia owes $6.8bn to more than 12,000 creditors, documents reveal Should I access my super early during the coronavirus? This is Calla Wahlquist bringing you the main stories on Friday 24 April. This is Calla Wahlquist bringing you the main stories on Friday 24 April.

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Troy Hunt

APRIL 30, 2020

I'd willingly run it and I want to explain why because there's also some very valid concerns.

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Schneier on Security

JANUARY 19, 2023

From a news article : Threema has more than 10 million users, which include the Swiss government, the Swiss army, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, and other politicians in that country. It’s among the top Android apps for a fee-based category in Switzerland, Germany, Austria, Canada, and Australia.

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Troy Hunt

FEBRUARY 19, 2021

I'm talking (somewhat vaguely) about the book I'm working on, how Facebook has nuked all news in Australia (which somehow means I can't even post a link to this blog post there), yet more data breaches, the awesome Prusa 3D printer I now have up and running and a whole heap more about the IoT things I've been doing.

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The Guardian Data Protection

AUGUST 31, 2019

News publishers find it less risky, and maybe more profitable, if stories about abuse of power are shunted in favour of trivia News organisations have been slow to respond to the tide of legislation that progressively and surely threatens their ability to report the affairs of state.

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IT Governance

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

Welcome to this week’s round-up of the biggest and most interesting news stories. DP World Australia’s investigation and ongoing remediation work are likely to continue for some time.” We’ll be back next week with the biggest and most interesting news stories, all rounded up in one place for you.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 28, 2021

A cyber attack has disrupted the Australian Channel Nine’s live broadcasts, the company was unable to transmit its Sunday morning news program. The broadcaster was unable to air its Sunday morning news program, which runs from 7:00 am to 1:00 pm from Sidney. . ” reported ABC news. ” reported ABC news.

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The Guardian Data Protection

MAY 2, 2020

Related: Covidsafe app: how to download Australia's coronavirus contact tracing app and how it works Related: Covid safe: Australian government launches coronavirus tracing app amid lingering privacy concerns Every state highly appreciated the #AarogyaSetu app and shared their thoughts on it.

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Krebs on Security

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

Instead of listing data stolen from ransomware victims who didn’t pay, LockBit’s victim shaming website now offers free recovery tools, as well as news about arrests and criminal charges involving LockBit affiliates.

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The Guardian Data Protection

APRIL 25, 2020

Related: How the coronavirus contact tracing app will work Related: Australia's coronavirus contact tracing app: what we know so far The data collected from the people you are in contact with (name, age range, phone number and postcode) remains encrypted and on the phone and deletes after the infection period passes.

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DXC Technology

NOVEMBER 20, 2020

Pulse Series: As part of the 21st Century Series on Australian Healthcare, David Pare, CTO for DXC Healthcare and Life Sciences in Australia and New Zealand, will focus on news, start-ups and developments within the industry — what’s happening, what’s being done to drive innovation, and what’s new or newsworthy.

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JANUARY 12, 2020

A new MageCart attack made the headlines, crooks installed a software skimmer on a website that collects donations for the victims of the Australia bushfires. Experts from Malwarebytes have discovered a new Magecart attack that compromised a website collecting donations for the victims of the Australia bushfires.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 18, 2021

The cruise line operates under the brands Carnival Cruise Line, Costa, P&O Australia, P&O Cruises, Princess Cruises, Holland American Line, AIDA, Cunard, and their ultra-luxury cruise line Seabourn. The good news is that the company is not aware of any abuse of personal information stolen during the intrusions.

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DXC Technology

JUNE 2, 2020

Pulse Series: As part of the 21st Century Series on Australian Healthcare, David Pare, CTO for DXC’s Healthcare and Life Sciences in Australia and New Zealand, will focus on news, start-ups and developments within the industry — what’s happening, what’s being done to drive innovation, and what’s new or newsworthy.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 25, 2022

Reuters: IranWire) Source ABC Australia. Anonymous also hacked the Forensic Research Center, the Iranian Assembly and leaked stolen data online, and also took down the Iran state-affiliated media Fars News Agency. While I was writing this post the news of another tragedy was circulating online. How about this one?Is

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Security Affairs

MARCH 29, 2019

The week closes with the news of a data breach suffered by Toyota Motor Corporation (TMC) sales subsidiary and its affiliates that exposed personal information belonging to millions of customers in Japan. This is the second time Toyota has disclosed a data breach this year, on February 21, 2019, Toyota Australia reported a security breach.

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