Security > Data breaches

Australians urged to act on data encryption: EFA

06 September, 2018

All Australians who want to keep their data secure are being urged to notify parliament.


Over 146 billion records expected to be stolen by 2023

09 August, 2018 by Dylan Bushell-Embling

Juniper Research expects the number of records compromised in data breaches worldwide to increase from 12bn this year to over 33bn in 2023.


Telstra discloses minor privacy gaffe

30 July, 2018 by Dylan Bushell-Embling

Telstra has revealed a data leak that exposed the contact details of 18 users of its Your Telstra Tools online service for business customers.


Job applicants' data exposed in PageUp breach

19 June, 2018 by Dylan Bushell-Embling

PageUp has provided an update on the potential data breach disclosed by the company at the start of the month.


92m records stolen from DNA testing site

06 June, 2018 by Dylan Bushell-Embling

The email addresses and hashed passwords of all customers who had signed up to MyHeritage by October 2017 have been stolen in a data breach.


Boards ramping up security, privacy investments

06 June, 2018 by Dylan Bushell-Embling

Company boards are rushing to ensure compliance with the new EU GDPR and respond to the expanding cyber threat landscape.


UK data protection law takes effect

28 May, 2018 by Dylan Bushell-Embling

UK citizens will be able to demand free access to data held on them by organisations under a new data protection law coming into effect.


GDPR is an opportunity not a threat

24 May, 2018 by Dylan Bushell-Embling

Although many Australian businesses won't be ready for the implementation of the EU's GDPR on Friday, experts say it's not time to panic yet.


Only 9% of Aussie orgs ready for GDPR

17 May, 2018 by Dylan Bushell-Embling

While most Australian businesses are confident they can meet the requirements of the NDB and GDPR regulations, only 9% are actually ready to comply.


Aussies would punish firms over data breaches

16 May, 2018 by Dylan Bushell-Embling

Consumers in 14 markets including Australia would take steps including boycotting a brand over a breach of their personal data.


Family Planning NSW hacked

14 May, 2018 by Dylan Bushell-Embling

Personal information on up to 8000 users of the services provided by Family Planning NSW was compromised in a data breach last month.


Twitter urges password change after security gaffe

07 May, 2018 by Dylan Bushell-Embling

Twitter has recommended that its 330 million users consider changing their passwords after discovering passwords stored unobscured in a log file.


Boards still not adequately focused on security

27 April, 2018 by Dylan Bushell-Embling

One in three respondents to ISACA's latest survey of IT governance professionals believe their organisation's board is not adequately focused on cybersecurity.


76% of Aussie orgs lack an incident response plan

24 April, 2018 by Dylan Bushell-Embling

48% of Australian respondents believe they have improved their security posture, even though 76% still lack a consistent incident response plan.


IoT, third parties raise risks in NDB era

24 April, 2018 by Dylan Bushell-Embling

Firms subject to the NDB laws must secure IoT devices and guest or third-party access to their networks before it's too late, Wavelink has warned.


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